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Thu 22 Jun 2023

Death

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

“[Death] goes faster than the wind and he never brings back what he has taken away.

—Hans Christian Andersen, “The Story of a Mother” (tr. Jean Hersholt)

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Tue 13 Jun 2023

Variety

Posted by PJ under civilization, mind, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience to a central humane system of thought.

—Robert Graves, The White Goddess

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Wed 7 Jun 2023

Tower

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

“When young, I did not know the taste of sorrow.
I went up the tower.
I went up the tower
to write a poem on pretended sorrow.

By now I’ve completely tasted sorrow, but already
I do not want to speak about it.
I do not want to speak about it,
I only say: what a beautiful, cold autumn.”

—Xin Qiji
(28 May 1140 – 3 Oct 1207)


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Tue 6 Jun 2023

Earth

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

“The Earth that had fed you now will eat you.”

—Greek proverb, spoken to the deceased at a funeral

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Thu 1 Jun 2023

Dragon

Posted by PJ under dragons, myth, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“How should we be able to forget those ancient myths about dragons that at the last moment turned into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

—Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 8

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Wed 31 May 2023

Desires

Posted by PJ under courage and fear, desire, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”

—Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada

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Tue 30 May 2023

Moth

Posted by PJ under memories, quote of the day, thin places, time
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Random quote of the day:

“Time, as we know it, is the original shape-shifter. Now the line of it runs straight as an old railway track; now it is a circle—many circles, in fact. Now it dances without moving—to and fro across millennia—around the whole turning world, filling the night sky with bounding green lights. Past, future, present: the unbidden, ineffable gift of it all. Memory is like a white moth in flight. Sometimes she comes so close that we can see the light falling into the hidden parts of ancient markings. On other days we cannot see her but we feel the delicate wing-beat down deep, in beside our bones.

—Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Thin Places

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Thu 25 May 2023

Disagreeable

Posted by PJ under disagreeable, heaven, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.

—Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar

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Wed 24 May 2023

Unbreakable

Posted by PJ under hearts, love, quote of the day, vulnerable
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Random quote of the day:

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.”

—C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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Tue 23 May 2023

History

Posted by PJ under history, humility, kindness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“[History has taught me] kindness: we exist because many before us have survived hardship and have chosen to share their space, resources and stories. And humility as a scholar: we very rarely discover anything but reinterpret and add to palimpsests.”

—Prof. Olivette Otele, History Today, Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2018

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