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Tue 31 Aug 2021

The Dead

Posted by PJ under death, grief, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Your dead friend is still a fragmentary being. The day you bury him is a day of chores and crowds, of hands false or true to be shaken, of the immediate cares of mourning. The dead friend will not really die until tomorrow, when silence is round you again. Then he will show himself complete, as he was—to tear himself away, as he was, from the substantial you. Only then will you cry out because of him who is leaving and whom you cannot detain.”

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

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 30 Aug 2021

Why

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

“If I don’t ask, ‘Why me?’ after my victories, I cannot ask ‘Why me?’ after my setbacks and disasters.”

—Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir

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Fri 27 Aug 2021

Soulmates

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

“Eventually soulmates meet, for they have the same hiding place.”

—Robert Brault, “Thoughts By the Sea,” The New Robert Brault Reader

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Thu 26 Aug 2021

Pearl

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

“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”

—Federico Fellini, The Atlantic, December 1965

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 25 Aug 2021

Fidelity

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

“A faithful love—if it does not wear out—is a way for man to maintain as long as possible the best of himself. This is how fidelity is given new value.”

—Albert Camus, Notebooks 1942-1952, tr. Justin O’Brien

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 24 Aug 2021

Love

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

“The night loves the stars as they play about the Darkness … the day loves the light caressing the sun … We love … those who do … because we live in a world requiring light and Darkness … partnership and solitude … sameness and difference … the familiar and the unknown … We love because it’s the only true adventure …”

—Nikki Giovanni, “Love Is A Human Condition”

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Mon 23 Aug 2021

Wind

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

“I am a boat
without wind.
You were the wind.
Was that the direction I wanted to go?
Who cares about directions
with a wind like that!

—Olav H. Hauge, “You Are The Wind” (tr. Robert Bly)

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 20 Aug 2021

Technique

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

“My feeling about technique in art is that it has about the same value as technique in love-making. That is to say, on the one hand, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and, on the other hand, so does heartless skill; but what you want is passionate virtuosity.”

—John Barth, interview, Prism (Spring 1968)

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Thu 19 Aug 2021

Economics

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

“The prestige accorded to mathematics in economics has given it rigor, but, alas, also mortis.”

—Robert L. Heilbroner, Modern Economics As a Chapter in the History of Economic Thought

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Mon 16 Aug 2021

Help

Posted by PJ under alone, help, quote of the day, religion
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Random quote of the day:

“It’s those people who have so little, and who suffer so much, who need at least for religion to comfort them. Nothing else is. Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you’re hurt, you’re really on your own. You’re alone, and there’s no one to help you.”

—Octavia Butler, quoted in Religion in Science Fiction by Steven Hrotic

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