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Mon 27 Mar 2023

Lives

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the human condition, time, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.

—Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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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Mon 19 Oct 2020

Need

Posted by PJ under ego, quote of the day, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

“The ego has convinced us that we need it—not only that we need it, but that we are it.”

—Ram Dass, “Navigating the Matrix of the Ego,” Ramdass.org

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 11 Jul 2018

Wanting it

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, wanting, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“You have to read and write on a daily basis. You have to be utterly vulnerable on the page, and utterly ruthless in revision. To write something good, you have to want it so bad that nothing else matters.”

—Chris Offutt, interviewed by Rob Trucks, Glimmer Train, Issue 5, Summer 1992

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.

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Thu 5 Apr 2018

Fancy

Posted by PJ under desire, quote of the day, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

“A man can’t always do as he likes, but he can always fancy what he likes.”

—John Ruskin, “Fairyland”

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Mon 13 Apr 2015

Here, not here

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, wanting, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“You write only about people you don’t have, people you want to have.”

—Elie Wiesel, interview, The Paris Review, No. 91, Spring 1984

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 17 Mar 2015

Exclusive

Posted by PJ under contradictions, quote of the day, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”

—Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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Thu 14 Aug 2014

Slimming regime

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Random quote of the day:

“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.”

—Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons, February 4

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Thu 26 Jun 2014

Nothing up my sleeve

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, scoundrels, wanting
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Random quote of the day: 

“If a thing is worth having, it’s worth cheating for.”

—W. C. Fields, My Little Chickadee

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Wed 4 Sep 2013

Ask

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, wanting, wishing
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Random quote of the day:

“Ask for what you want and be prepared to pay for what you get.”

—Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman

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Fri 1 Feb 2013

Identity crisis

Posted by PJ under desire, obsession, quote of the day, wanting
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Random quote of the day:

 

“In Buddhism, one is usually taught that desire is the root of suffering….When one delves more deeply, it actually turns out that the Sanskrit word tanha should be translated as “thirst” rather than “desire” and that the root of suffering is not so much that we crave certain things as that we so strongly identify with and obsess over these cravings.”

—Noelle Oxenhandler, The Wishing Year

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