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Wed 31 Jan 2018

Me, myself, and hi

Posted by PJ under experience, quote of the day, self-knowledge
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Random quote of the day:

“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.”

—Albert Camus, The Notebooks

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 30 Jan 2018

The long road home

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

“It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical process as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much through broken hearts and bruised emotions, through painful sacrifices and melancholy renunciations.”

—Paul Brunton, The Notebooks: Perspectives, Vol. 1

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 29 Jan 2018

The view from the cave

Posted by PJ under aging, belief, opinion, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”

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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Fri 26 Jan 2018

An old lady’s worth

Posted by PJ under art, daimons and demons, dreams and dreamtime, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t (sic) know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done….The writer’s only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is worth any number of old ladies.”

—William Faulkner, The Paris Review, Issue 12, Spring 1956

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Thu 25 Jan 2018

No saints

Posted by PJ under asceticism, being human, quote of the day, saints, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“In this yogi-ridden age, it is too readily assumed that ‘non-attachment’ is not only better than a full acceptance of earthly life, but that the ordinary man only rejects it because it is too difficult: in other words, that the average human being is a failed saint. It is doubtful whether this is true. Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.”

—George Orwell, “Reflections on Gandhi”

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Wed 24 Jan 2018

The invisibles

Posted by PJ under love, power, quote of the day, time
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Random quote of the day:

“Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.”

—David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

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Mon 15 Jan 2018

The rain

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

“I will start out this evening with an assertion: fantasy is a place where it rains.”

—Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millennium (tr. Patrick Creagh)

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Fri 12 Jan 2018

Express yourself

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

“I quote others only in order to better express myself.”

—Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Book I

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Thu 11 Jan 2018

Happiness

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

“[Happiness] always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”

—Maxim Gorky, The Zykovs (tr. Alexander Baksky and Paul S. Nathan)

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Wed 10 Jan 2018

Good words

Posted by PJ under art, photography, quote of the day, words
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Random quote of the day:

“I photograph because I must elude the part of myself that thinks there are words for everything.”

—Teju Cole, Twitterfeed, June 20, 2013

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