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Tue 9 Jul 2019

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Posted by PJ under greed, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

—Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucillus, Letter II

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 8 Jul 2019

Moonshine

Posted by PJ under in the moment, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.”

—H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 3 Jul 2019

Windowpane

Posted by PJ under contemplation, novels, poetry, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in a windowpane.”

—Billy Collins, The Paris Review, Fall 2001, No. 159

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 2 Jul 2019

Cranky

Posted by PJ under aging, irony, quote of the day, youth
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Random quote of the day:

“The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.”

—Logan Pearsall Smith, “Age and Death,” Afterthoughts

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 1 Jul 2019

Inking

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The aphorism is the inkling of something greater, unspoiled by further inking.”

—Wieslaw Brudzinski, quoted in Literature and Philosophy, ed. Herbert Grabes

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Key and Peele, Celine Dion, or Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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