Fri 8 May 2020
Posted by PJ under audience, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for, when they scrawl their names in the snow.â€
—Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
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.
Thu 7 May 2020
Posted by PJ under beauty, quote of the day, spring
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Random quote of the day:
“Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.â€
—Emily Dickinson, letter to Frances and Louise Norcross, April 1873
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.
Wed 6 May 2020
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, wildness
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Random quote of the day:
“I don’t know why [the wilderness] is categorized as “other†or why people discount the protection of landscape as something different from the protection of family. We’re all made of the same stuff.â€
—Terry Tempest Williams, Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2019
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.
Tue 5 May 2020
Posted by PJ under horses, instagram stories
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Tue 5 May 2020
Posted by PJ under art, brooding, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The doodle is the brooding of the hand.â€
—Saul Steinberg, quoted in Saul Steinberg by Harold Rosenberg
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.
Mon 4 May 2020
Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day, the deep within, the shadow
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Random quote of the day:
“I believe that art puts down its roots into the deepest hiding places of our nature and that its action is akin to the action of certain delving plants, comfrey for instance, whose roots can penetrate far into the subsoil and unlock nutrients that would otherwise lie out of reach of shallower bedding plants.â€
—Jeanette Winterson, “Writer, Reader, Words,†Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery
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.
Fri 1 May 2020
Posted by PJ under eyes, quote of the day, rise
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Random quote of the day:
“If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.â€
—Antonio Porchia, Voices (tr. W. S. Merwin)
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.
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Posted by PJ under home, meaning, quote of the day, walking
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Random quote of the day:
“We’re all just walking each other home.â€
—Ram Dass
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.
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Posted by PJ under progress, quote of the day, transition
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Random quote of the day:
“From the very nature of progress, all ages must be transitional. If they were not, the world would be at a stand-still and death would speedily ensue. It is one of the tamest of platitudes but it is always introduced by a flourish of trumpets.â€
—Gertrude Stein, “Form and Intelligibility,†The Radcliffe Manuscripts
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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