Thu 30 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under advice, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
—Lillian Hellman, The New York Times, February 21, 1960
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 29 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under belief, conscience, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“People don’t do what they believe in, they just do what’s most convenient, then repent.”
—Bob Dylan, “Brownsville Girlâ€
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under memories, quote of the day, the self, trees
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Random quote of the day:
“I carry inside myself my earlier faces, as a tree contains its rings.”
—Tomas Tranströmer, Memories Look At Me
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under marketing, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Figuring out what the public wants, or even what the public is: that’s the job of pollsters and publicists and advertisers. All those people study the marketplace. But the creative artist can change the world. A true writer opens people’s ears and eyes, not merely playing to the public, but changing minds and lives. This is sacred work.”
—Allegra Goodman, “O.K., You’re Not Shakespeare. Now Get Back to Work,†The New York Times, March 12, 2001
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 22 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under ego, intuition, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition.”
—Rumi, Masnavi, Book IV, Story II, (tr. Edward Henry Whinfield)
 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under politics, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, “Cold Turkey,†In These Times, May 10, 2004
 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under my poetry, poetry, spring
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Oh
Spring, oh spring, you break my heart
with the gaudy riot you splash against my eyes,
with the sweet winds and misting torrents,
you crack my heart wide open, thrusting life
where I have carefully kept it out.
Oh spring, oh spring, how can I deny you
when all around the yellow and red burn,
burn and burst and foment and fly?
Oh spring.
Oh.
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under creation, evolution, eyes, gods, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“This world and all our powers in it are far more awful and beautiful than even we know until some accident reminds us. If you wish to perceive that limitless felicity, limit yourself if only for a moment. If you wish to realise how fearfully and wonderfully God’s image is made, stand on one leg. If you want to realise the splendid vision of all visible things—wink the other eye.”
—G. K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under creative block, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“When I sit down in order to write, sometimes it’s there; sometimes it’s not. But that doesn’t bother me anymore. I tell my students there is such a thing as “writer’s block,†and they should respect it. You shouldn’t write through it. It’s blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven’t got it right now.”
—Toni Morrison, Black Women Writers at Work, ed. Claudia Tate
 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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