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Thu 25 Apr 2019

Unknown

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Random quote of the day:

“We know that something unknown, alien, does come our way, just as we know that we do not ourselves make a dream or an inspiration, but that it somehow arises of its own accord.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (tr. Richard and Clara Winston)

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Wed 24 Apr 2019

Language

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Random quote of the day:

“LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another’s treasure.”

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Tue 23 Apr 2019

Originality

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Random quote of the day:

“The world in general doesn’t know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.”

—W. Somerset Maugham, Great Novelists and Their Novels

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Mon 22 Apr 2019

Through

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

“The best way out is always through.”

—Robert Frost, “A Servant to Servants”

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Fri 19 Apr 2019

Process

Posted by PJ under becoming, process, quote of the day, stagnation
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Random quote of the day:

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”

—Anaïs Nin, D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study

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Thu 18 Apr 2019

Imagination

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Random quote of the day:

“There isn’t much vital imagination, it seems to me, that doesn’t come from this sort of shock, imbalance, need to ‘relive,’ redefine life.”

—Robert Penn Warren, The Paris Review, Spring-Summer 1957, No. 16

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Wed 17 Apr 2019

Voice

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

“Most of us only find our own voices after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people.”

—Neil Gaiman, Keynote Address, University of the Arts, May 17, 2012

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Tue 16 Apr 2019

Flying monkey

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

“The ego is a monkey catapulting through the jungle: fascinated by the realm of the senses it swings from one desire to the next.”

—Lao Tzu, Hua Hu Ching, Verse 10 (tr. Brian Walker)

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Mon 15 Apr 2019

Heartbroken

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I first saw Notre Dame from a boat on the Seine, slowly gliding towards those magnificent flying buttresses and the spire, a vision that has vibrated in my mind for years and years. That vision will never die. I can hardly process that it no longer exists. Heartbroken.

 

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Mon 15 Apr 2019

Nothing

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Random quote of the day:

“Nothing waits, and there is no rest, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

—James Parker, The New York Times, August 12, 2014

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