“I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.” ― Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself
“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.” ― Woody Allen, The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader
“The pumpkin is a uniquely American plant, widely regarded as one of the most magical plants in all the world.” ― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, like most melancholics, I suffer also from sloth.” ― Edward Abbey
“There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.” ― Philip K. Dick Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter.” ― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
"I was losing interest. In fact, just before Pearl Harbor I gave it up. The fun had gone out of it. I felt the war was going to happen and I didn’t feel much like going to war and I didn’t feel much like being a conscientious objector either. It was catshit. It was useless. Me and my medium-sized cock were in trouble." ~ Bukowski Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“they will be hearers of many things and will have learned nothing; they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality." ― Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near forty.” ― Chris Rock Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.” ― Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”----Henry James Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
"We were made and set here to give voice to our astonishments.”---Annie Dillard Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“We are beasts, you know, beasts risen from the savannas and jungles and forests. We have come down from the trees and up out of the water, but you can never, ever fully remove the feral nature from our psyches.” ― Yasmine Galenorn, Totem Magic: Dance of the Shape-Shifter
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“He couldn't stop smelling the air in great, deep, loud sniffs. It was so delicious. It smelled of water, and mud, and maple trees, and autumn.” ― Elizabeth Enright, The Four-Story Mistake Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a little at a time.' And how long is that going to take?' I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps.' That could be a long time.' I will tell you a further mystery,' he said. 'It may take longer.” ― Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
"And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves..."--Virginia Woolf Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.” ― Plato, The Republic of Plato Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“To sit outside a Paris cafe at breakfast is to observe the city as it wipes the sleep from its eyes: the soft clink of a cup and saucer, the turning of newspaper pages, the passerby with a cigarette who asks for a light, and me at my little round table, nibbling a speculoos, sipping my cafe creme.” ― Stephanie Rosenbloom, Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
