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Fri 31 Aug 2018

On your own

Posted by PJ under being human, growth, human nature, quote of the day, solitude, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“You can survive on your own; can grow strong on your own; prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.”

—Frederick Buechner, The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days

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Thu 30 Aug 2018

Left

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

“We leave ourselves behind long before we go.”

—Susan Elbe, “Light Made from Nothing”

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Wed 29 Aug 2018

Bloodstream

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

“Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.”

—Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

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Mon 27 Aug 2018

Scorpion

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

“Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.”

—Egyptian proverb

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Fri 24 Aug 2018

Burning

Posted by PJ under becoming, peace, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“Being is burning, in the truest sense, and if there is to be any peace it will come about through being, not having.”

—Henry Miller, “The Wisdom of the Heart”

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Thu 23 Aug 2018

Rebel Angels and other folks

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

“There have been plenty of self-destructive rebel-angel novelists over the years, but writing is about getting your work done and getting your work done every day. If you want to write novels, they take a long time, and they’re big, and they have a lot of words in them.”

—Michael Chabon, interview, Rolling Stone, September 27, 2001

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Wed 22 Aug 2018

Sense

Posted by PJ under comedy, nonsense, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Life doesn’t make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy’s job is to point out that it doesn’t make sense, and that it doesn’t make much difference anyway.”

—Eric Idle, publicity for Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

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Fri 17 Aug 2018

Waking Up

Posted by PJ under enlightenment, experience, human nature, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“I believe that in the 20th century, humanity has learned from many, many experiences. Some positive, and many negative. What misery, what destruction! The greatest number of human beings were killed in the two world wars of this century. But human nature is such that when we face a tremendous critical situation, the human mind can wake up and find some other alternative. That is a human capacity.”

—Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, New York Times, November 18, 1993

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Thu 16 Aug 2018

Someday

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

“Tonight some people were talking about a book they were going to write someday. There’s no book you are going to write. There is no someday.”

—Anne Lamott, Twitterfeed, June 23, 2013

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Wed 15 Aug 2018

Unexpected

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

“No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible, BE the unexpected.”

—Lynda Barry, Cruddy

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