February 2012
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“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention,...”
– Aristotle
January 2012
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“The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with...”
– DVF
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“Absence is to love
What wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small,
It...”
– Roger de Bussy-Rabutin
December 2011
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November 2011
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“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your...”
– Joan Crawford
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“My formula for life is very simple: in the morning, wake up; at night, go to...”
– Cary Grant
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“If it happened once, it will never happen again. If it happened twice, it will...”
– Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)
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On Writing: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays
1. A beginning ends what an end begins. 2. The despair of the blank page: it is so full. 3. In the head Art’s not democratic. I wait a long time to be a writer good enough even for myself. 4. The best time is stolen time. 5. All work is the avoidance of harder work. 6. When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing. 7. I envy music for being beyond...
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“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite...”
– Dr. Seuss
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“There is no pain compared to that of loving a woman who makes her body...”
– Lawrence Durrell
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“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can...”
– Marilyn Monroe
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“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
– Ambrose Bierce
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“The best revenge is living well without you.”
– Joyce Carol Oates
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“A lady came up to me one day and said ‘Sir! You are drunk’, to which...”
– Winston Churchill
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“My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world”
– George Bernard Shaw
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“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going...”
– Jack Kerouac
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“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a...”
– Jane Austen
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October 2011
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“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always...”
– Hermann Hesse
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“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at...”
– Hermann Hesse
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“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the...”
– Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
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“Patience, grasshopper,’ said Maia. ‘Good things come to those who...”
– Cassandra Clare, City of Glass
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Sagittarius Horoscope for week of October 13, 2011
“Most people who profess a deep love of the Bible have never actually read the book,” says religious writer Rami Shapiro. If they did, they’d know that Satan is not implicated as the tempter of Adam and Eve. There’s no mention of three wise men coming to see baby Jesus, nor of a whale swallowing Jonah. Homilies like “This too shall pass” and “God helps...
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“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been....”
– Eve Ensler
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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we...”
– John Lennon
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“Search for Meaning
What is this force that drives us far from the comfort of...”
– Paulo Coelho