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Tue 15 May 2018

The record

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

“The novel remains for me one of the few forms where we can record man’s complexity and the strength and decency of his longings. Where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether unpleasant struggle to put ourselves into a viable and devout relationship to our beloved and mistaken world.”

—John Cheever, National Book Award acceptance speech for The Writer, September 1958

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Mon 14 May 2018

Stained glass

Posted by PJ under beauty, light, quote of the day, the deep within
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Random quote of the day:

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, quoted in The Leader’s Digest by Jim Clemmer

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Thu 10 May 2018

Letting go

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

“Sometimes we can’t find the thing that will make us happy because we can’t let go of the thing that was supposed to.”

—Robert Brault, Twitterfeed, 2012

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Wed 9 May 2018

Deep

Posted by PJ under flowers, light, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.”

—Theodore Roethke, Notebooks 1949-50

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Tue 8 May 2018

Learnin’

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

“You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”

—Nina Simone, “You’ve Got To Learn”

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Mon 7 May 2018

Craftsman

Posted by PJ under art, books, craft, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.”

—Jean de La Bruyère, Characters

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Fri 4 May 2018

Wearying

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

“We grow weary of those things (and perhaps soonest) which we most desire.”

—Samuel Butler, Characters and Passages from Note-Books

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Thu 3 May 2018

Other Realms

Posted by PJ under experience, otherworld, quote of the day, sacredness
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Random quote of the day:

“A person generally needs to find his/her own way to connections with the Other Realms. A person cannot really be instructed into experiencing the sacred. It must come from within.”

—Dennis Gaffin, Running With the Fairies: Towards a Transpersonal Anthropology of Religion

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Wed 2 May 2018

Breaking

Posted by PJ under darkness, poetry, quote of the day, the path, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“The heart breaks and breaks
and lives by breaking.
It is necessary to go
through dark and deeper dark
and not to turn.”

—Stanley Kunitz, “The Testing-Tree”

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Tue 1 May 2018

Being

Posted by PJ under existence, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We are all—men, stars, flowers, birds—assigned to the same cast, rehearsing for the same inexplicable drama. We all have a mystery in common—the mystery of being.”

—Abraham J. Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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