Sat 21 Sep 2024
Posted by PJ under happiness, jealousy, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
—Sherry Thomas, A Conspiracy in Belgravia
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Posted by PJ under humor, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”
—George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Posted by PJ under place, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The ripples of geography continue to be traced on our inner surfaces, even if our experience there was fleeting and seemed like nothing to us at the time. No matter how long ago the experience was, its power, its healing, sits in wait, sometimes very deep, other times just waiting to be called back from within.”
—Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Thin Places
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Posted by PJ under becoming, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“In the male coming-of-age story, the boy creates himself. In the female coming-of-age story, the girl is created by forces around her. In the feminist coming-of-age story, the girl resists the forces and becomes herself.”
—Carina Chocano, You Play the Girl
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Posted by PJ under aphorisms, quote of the day, understanding
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Random quote of the day:
“There doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.”
—Robert Brault, “Thoughts By the Sea,” The New Robert Brault Reader
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Posted by PJ under art, questions and answers, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Anyone who says that the artist’s sphere leaves no room for questions, but deals exclusively with answers, has never done any writing or done anything with imagery. The artist observes, selects, guesses, and arranges; every one of these operations presupposes a question at its outset. If he has not asked himself a question at the start, he has nothing to guess and nothing to select.”
—Anton Chekhov, letter to Alexei Suvorin, October 27, 1888
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Posted by PJ under love, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:
“For one human being to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (tr. D. Herter Norton)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Posted by PJ under love, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”
—Susan Sontag, diary, August 29, 1965
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, thought
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Random quote of the day:
“If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage…If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
—The Dhammapada, Yammakavagga: “The Pairs” (Verses 1-20) (Tr. F. Max Müller)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Posted by PJ under light, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.”
–Albert Schweitzer, Memoirs of Childhood and Youth, tr. Erica Anderson
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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