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Wed 30 Nov 2016

Going deep

Posted by PJ under jung, quote of the day, self-knowledge, the deep within, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“Wherever there is a reaching down into innermost experience, into the nucleus of personality, most people are overcome by fright, and many run away….The risk of inner experience, the adventure of the spirit, is in any case alien to most human beings.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 29 Nov 2016

You’re fired

Posted by PJ under presidents, quote of the day, stupidity
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Random quote of the day:

“I fired him because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president. That’s the answer to that. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that’s not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.”

—Harry S. Truman on Gen. Douglas MacArthur quoted in Plain Speaking by Merle Miller

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 28 Nov 2016

Worlds

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

“The world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.”

—Gloria Anzaldúa, “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers”

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 23 Nov 2016

Grace and gratitude

Posted by PJ under grace, gratitude, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The comedy of grace is that it must so often come to us as loss and failure because if it came as success and gain we wouldn’t be grateful. We would, as we are wont to do, take personal credit for what is an unwarranted gift of God. But for grace to be grace, it must take us places we didn’t imagine we could go, and give us things we didn’t know we needed.”

—Kathleen Norris, “The Grace of Aridity and Other Comedies”

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 22 Nov 2016

Night

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

“Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again.”

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, tr. Lewis Galantière

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Mon 21 Nov 2016

Burned

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

“The foolish few who…failed to keep their wealth of intuitions in their hearts, revealed their feelings and their visions to the rabble, have in all times been crucified and burned.”

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part I (tr. Stuart Atkins)

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Fri 18 Nov 2016

Drunken promises

Posted by PJ under drinking, promise, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”

—Ernest Hemingway, “rules for life” sent to Charles Scribner IV, quoted in Scribner’s memoir In the Company of Writers

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Thu 17 Nov 2016

Rooted

Posted by PJ under freedom, individuality, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We are in the habit of speaking of ‘the last frontier,’ but wherever there are ‘individuals’ there will always be new frontiers. For the man who wants to lead the good life, which is a way of saying his own life, there is always a spot where he can dig in and take root.”

—Henry Miller, Big Sure and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch

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Wed 16 Nov 2016

Breeding

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

“The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.”

—Oscar Wilde, “Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young,” The Chameleon, December 1894

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Tue 15 Nov 2016

False starts

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

“Never begin the book when you feel you want to begin it, but hold off a while longer.”

—Rose Tremain, “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010

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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, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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