For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference to the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still. ~ Albert Camus
Author Archives: A Pondering Mind
In an infinite Universe anything can happen. ~ Douglas Adams
If you rest, you rust. ~Helen Hayes
Just Thinking
stale bread makes lousy sandwiches
My favorite daydream, it was this: I would be reading a book alone in my room, and no one would ever, ever interrupt me. ~ Anne Tyler
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~ Joseph Brodsky
Books are the carriers of civilization …
Books are the carriers of civilization … They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print. ~ Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989)
Six Word Story
Traveling the infinite highway to freedom.
The City
people on the stoops watching the passersby hydrants open spraying cool water on the neighborhood kids ice cream truck has arrived people lining up to buy and enjoy an ice cream or something cold to drink to hot cook inside so pizza and sandwiches are the meals for the hungry the ones without a/c sufferContinue reading “The City”
Just Thinking
If Jack Kerouac were alive what would be his thoughts of the state of affairs this country It would surely be an interesting read
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. ~ Susan Sontag
Saturday Afternoon
eating a pear accompanied with a cup of black French Roast coffee while reading emails and blogs
A Thought
glitz and glimmer, not my forte
One Liner
All ye caffeine junkies, drink up, and get wired.
Six Word Story
Chasing the American dream. Its elusive.
A Nostalgic Moment
Tod Stiles (Martin Milner) and Buzz Murdoch (George Maharis) on Route 66 an old black and white television show with great screenwriting and acting
Four Words
living, loving, enjoying life.
Six Word Story
Conversing with unicorns and glow worms.
A Pondering Moment
Monday evening still breathing thinking eating reading and whatever else alive and well human beings do
“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.” ~ George Carlin
“Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.” ~ George Carlin
“Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” ~ George Carlin
Governments don’t want a population of critical thinking ….
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’veContinue reading “Governments don’t want a population of critical thinking ….”
On Some Summer Days In New York City
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn’t one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city. ~ Diane Ackerman
In summer, the song sings itself. ~ William Carlos Williams
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher – Born: June 21, 1905 – Died: April 15, 1980
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch. ~ Harold E. Varmus
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. ~ Sam Levenson
Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. ~ Susan Sontag
Writing Quote ~ Jose Saramago
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Journey Through Life ~ William Golding
“Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. Most important of all, we know that if at any point between the beginning and theContinue reading “Journey Through Life ~ William Golding”
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. ~ Henrik Ibsen
Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what they have been through. ~ Sam Cawthorn
When the rich wage war it’s the poor who die. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre
A Pondering Moment
the eyes see all the eyes tell all
Emily Dickinson Quote
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. ~ Emily Dickinson
Summer Quote
Above quote from: commentsmeme.com Quote Master
We made too many wrong mistakes. ~ Yogi Berra
Greed ~ Erich Fromm
Psychologist, 1900 – 1980
A Pondering Moment
tired as tired, can be
Quiet People ~ Susan Gale
Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say. They’re just being careful about who they open up to. ~ Susan Gale
The Best Things In Life Are Free.
The best things in life are free. Sunsets and sunrises are free. Air is free. Love is free. Death is free. The best things in life are free. ~ Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Well, there’s nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book. ~ Chris Klein
Street Art ~ Lies
Quote Master
I’ll read my books ….
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door. Continue reading “I’ll read my books ….”
Coffee
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Writer / 1749 – 1832
Benign Indifference Of The Universe ~ Albert Camus
For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still. ~ Albert Camus
Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment. ~ Victor Frankl
Art
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In A Conumdrum
mug of coffee to my left open laptop in front of me a new book that was started this morning sits to the right of me now what the hell shall I do flip a coin rock paper scissors put a blindfold on and pick one spin the bottle good luck
Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once. ~ Stephen King
A Precious Privilege
Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours in watching television. ~ David Letterman
“If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us.” ~ Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka, Writer – Born: July 3, 1883 – Died: June 3, 1924
Look For Beauty ~ Richard Paul Evans
‘Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~ Dr. Seuss
In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different. ~ John Steinbeck
June Cleaver didn’t keep her house in perfect order, the prop man did it. ~ Barbara Billingsley
Barbara Billingsley , played June Cleaver in “Leave it to Beaver”
Short Story
During his morning stroll, the elderly man is curious, as to how many bricks did they use in making the one block long sidewalk. Maybe one day, he will find the answer, by the tedious task of counting the red rectangular blocks of clay.
A Single Conversation … ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Pondering Moment
overloaded thinking brings on headaches
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. ~ Albert Einstein
The weird and the stupid …
For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal. ~ Carl Bernstein
Acceptance
Rachel Carson ~ Nature
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” ~ Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams, Former First Lady of the United States – 1744 – 1818
Alice Walker Quote
“A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.” ~ Miles Davis
Miles Davis, Musician – B: May 26, 1926 – D: September 28, 1991
Fantasy is the only truth. – Abbie Hoffman
A Pondering Moment
put today’s bullshit in the dumpster make tomorrow a better day
Zen Saying
If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting. -Zen Saying
People Like Us ~ Albert Einstein
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. ~ Albert Einstein
“If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.” ~ Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan, B: May 24, 1941
The Great Unknown
You’ll never know the kind of person you could be until you take that first step, all alone, into the great unknown. Very few take the step. ~ Hannah Harding
Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. ~ Stephen King
Yeah
it’s one of them days that I don’t feel like doing a damn thing
Consciousness: That annoying time between naps. ~ Steven Wright
Douglas Adams Quote
In the beginning the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry and has been regarded as a bad move. ~ Douglas Adams
Music causes us to think eloquently. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Pondering Moment 2
knowing what you already know is known so that is all you need to know
A Mystery
Watching a mysterious mystery which in turn is a total mystery to figure out as its a complete and ultimate mystery to seek answers to the mystery of all mysteries
To read a book …..
To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. ~ Chinese Saying
A Pondering Moment
Write using the right words and then it will look and read right.
Music is a safe kind of high. ~ Jimi Hendrix
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. ~ Stephen Hawking
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ~ Jack Kerouac
Six Word Story
No coffee, her day is doomed.
Practice will never make you perfect. Why should it? What fun would that be? ~ Stephen King
Joseph Addison Quote
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison, Essayist 1672 – 1719
Be who you are. ~ Rita Mae Brown
“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ~ Rita Mae Brown. Writer – B: November 28, 1944
May 14
Today, May 14 makes it one full year, that I quit smoking, and I don’t miss it.
The American Dream has run out of gas. ~ J. G. Ballard
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It’s over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam… ~ J. G. Ballard, British author 1930-
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. ~ Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman, American poet, essayist, savage and naturalist 1948-
Truths ~ Alfred North Whitehead
There are no whole truths. All truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
On Writing
writing a post even a so-called simple one is not as easy as it seems
Pondering Thought
drinking a great cup of coffee makes everything else in life an afterthought
