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Tue 27 Aug 2024

Questions

Posted by PJ under art, questions and answers, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Anyone who says that the artist’s sphere leaves no room for questions, but deals exclusively with answers, has never done any writing or done anything with imagery. The artist observes, selects, guesses, and arranges; every one of these operations presupposes a question at its outset. If he has not asked himself a question at the start, he has nothing to guess and nothing to select.”

—Anton Chekhov, letter to Alexei Suvorin, October 27, 1888

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 19 Aug 2024

Work

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

“For one human being to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.”

—Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet (tr. D. Herter Norton)

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Sun 18 Aug 2024

Love

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

“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”

—Susan Sontag, diary, August 29, 1965

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 15 Aug 2024

Ox

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

“If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage…If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”

—The Dhammapada, Yammakavagga: “The Pairs” (Verses 1-20) (Tr. F. Max Müller)

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 8 Aug 2024

Flame

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

“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.”

–Albert Schweitzer, Memoirs of Childhood and Youth, tr. Erica Anderson

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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