Quotes for Today
>> 8.23.2009
"And here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de St.-Exupery, The Little Prince
"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things." ~William Wordsworth
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Quotes for Today
>> 7.12.2009
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Quote for the Day:
>> 7.01.2009
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
~Kurt Vonnegut
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
~Corita Kent
Quotes for Today
>> 6.21.2009
Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf. ~ Toni Morrison
There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. ~Carl Jung
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. ~Franz Kafka
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>> 6.08.2009
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
~ Oliver Wendall Holmes
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
~ Henry James
Quote for the Day:
>> 6.04.2009
"Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what
you are, what you believe, shine through every
sentence you write, every piece you finish."
~John Jakes
Quotes for Today
>> 5.11.2009
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath
When you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don't state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.
~Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
Quotes for Today
>> 4.09.2009
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
~William Wordsworth
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
~Ray Bradbury
Writing is a struggle against silence.
~Carlos Fuentes
Quote for the Day
>> 3.24.2009
"The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite and builds a road into Chaos and old Night, and is followed by those who hear him with something of wild, creative delight. "
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote for the Day
>> 3.19.2009
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your dreams. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great."
- Mark Twain