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to live (a quote from Emily Dickinson)

23 Tuesday May 2017

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“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”

―Emily Dickinson

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grace (a quote from Aeschylus)

12 Friday May 2017

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He who learns must suffer;
and even in our sleep
pain that cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
and in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
by the awful grace of God.
–Aeschylus

unlearning (a quote from Amy Poehler)

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for.
― Amy Poehler

on writing (a quote from Fred Allen)

16 Thursday Oct 2014

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“I can’t understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.” –Fred Allen

simple (a quote from Alan Watts)

30 Wednesday Jul 2014

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“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”  ―Alan Watts

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apt quote (from Robert Hass)

10 Thursday Apr 2014

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It’s hell writing and it’s hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.
― Robert Hass

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something I haven’t learned yet… (quotation)

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

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grace, quotation, serenity, silence, wisdom, zen

The sage says nothing, the talented ones speak, and the idiots argue.                                                 –Kung Tingan

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