Thu 11 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under beauty, proverb, quote of the day, zen
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Random quote of the day:
“A beautiful woman who is pleasing to men is good only for frightening fish when she falls into the water.â€
—Zen proverb
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 10 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under dialogue, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Nothing can break the mood of a piece of writing like bad dialogue. My students are miserable when they are reading an otherwise terrific story to the class and then hit a patch of dialogue that is so purple and expositional that it reads like something from a childhood play by the Gabor sisters….I can see the surprise of my students’ faces, because the dialogue looked okay on paper, yet now it sounds as if it were poorly translated from their native Hindi.â€
—Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 9 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the self, treasure
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Random quote of the day:
“You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck.â€
—attributed to Jelaluddin Rumi
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under prayers, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:
“Silence can be prayer. Rage can be prayer. It’s truth. It’s all prayer. When we are talking to something that the rest of the world may not be seeing right that minute and we’re talking from the deepest part of our heart, we’re trying to tell the truth. That’s prayer.â€
—Anne Lamott, “Soul to Soul2: Asking Life’s Big Questions,†Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 4 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under change, quote of the day, the self
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Random quote of the day:
“Don’t surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn’t true anymore.â€
—Cheryl Strayed, “Dear Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #60: The World Lit by Other People,†December 16, 2010
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 3 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under pretense, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:
“It’s really hard on a soul to admit how much of life we have spent being full of shit.â€
—Jim Harrison, The Beast God Forgot to Invent
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 2 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under courage and fear, doubt, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty.â€
—Henry Miller, Sexus: the Rosy Crucifixion, Book I
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Mon 1 Oct 2018
Posted by PJ under letting go, truth, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:
“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.â€
—Joseph Campbell, quoted in Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion
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Thu 27 Sep 2018
Posted by PJ under mysticism, quote of the day, religion
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Random quote of the day:
“Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.â€
—Henri Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 26 Sep 2018
Posted by PJ under daring, quote of the day, risk, security
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Random quote of the day:
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.â€
—Helen Keller, The Open Door
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