Quotes
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The Joy Of Reading Fiction
That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or hers imagination. ~ Alice Hoffman Continue reading
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“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
John Locke – Philosopher B: August 29, 1632 – D: October 28, 1704 Continue reading
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In law, nothing is certain but the expense. ~Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – English Author, 1835 – 1902 Continue reading
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All Things
“All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.” ~ Black Elk, Medicine Man ~ B: Dec. 1, 1863 – D: Aug. 19, 1950 Continue reading
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Cup Of Coffee
“Is it possible to get a cup of coffee-flavored coffee anymore in this country? What happened with coffee? Did I miss a meeting? They have every other flavor but coffee-flavored coffee. They have mochaccino, frappaccino, cappuccino, Al Pacino…Coffee doesn’t need a menu, it needs a cup.” ~ Denis Leary Continue reading
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I Write Differently ~ Franz Kafka
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness. ~ Franz Kafka Continue reading
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William Blake Poem
“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’ (c. 1803) Continue reading
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R.I.P Toni Morrison
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison, 88 y/o – Author, Nobel Laureate Continue reading
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp, American Dancer Continue reading
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A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~ W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden, Anglo-American poet ~ 1907 – 1973 Continue reading
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“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ~ Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (1998), “Stories, Essays and Memoir” Continue reading
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Who Am I ~ Carl Sandburg
“It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?” ~ Carl Sandburg, Writer, 1878-1967 Continue reading
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Music ~ Albert Einstein
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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#1 priority is water, water, and more water. ~ Joe Teti
With the high heat and humidity, having/drinking plenty of water, is a good thing. Continue reading
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“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.” ~ Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt (1999), Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir Continue reading
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To see the Summer Sky ~ Emily Dickinson
To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie – True Poems flee – ~Emily Dickinson, c.1879 Continue reading
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Benign Indifference To The Universe ~ Albert Camus
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 Continue reading
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“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 Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson Quote
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. ~ Emily Dickinson Continue reading
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Greed ~ Erich Fromm
Psychologist, 1900 – 1980 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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
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“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 Continue reading
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“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 Continue reading
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“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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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- Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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Beautiful Thing ~ Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein Continue reading
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If only life were one long crisis, everyone would be perfect. ~ Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell, The Headmistress (1945) Continue reading
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Monsters are real …. ~ Stephen King
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” ~ Stephen King Continue reading
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Public speaking ~ Evan Esar
Public speaking is the art diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. ~ Evan Esar (1899 – 1995) Continue reading
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To be persuasive …. ~ Edward R. Murrow
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” ~ Edward R. Murrow (B: April 25, 1908 – D: April 27, 1965) Continue reading
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Rules For Happiness ~ Immanuel Kant
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B: April 22, 1724 – D: February 12, 1804 Continue reading
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Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard*
*The Deep End of the Ocean Continue reading
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Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. ~ Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971), No One Hear Gets Out Alive Continue reading
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Few people know how to take a walk. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. ~ Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler – British Poet, Author 1835 – 1902 Continue reading
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Always read with a pen in your hands,… ~ Tim Parks
“Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed … Put a question mark by everything you find suspect. Underline anything you really appreciate. Feel free to write ‘splendid,’ but also, ‘I don’t believe a word of it.’ And even ‘bullshit.’” ~ Tim… Continue reading
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“Why don’t you write books people can read?”
“Why don’t you write books people can read?” – Nora Joyce to her husband James (1882-1941) Continue reading
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“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” ~ Andy Warhol
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) Continue reading
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Henry Rollins Quote
People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf. ~Henry Rollins Continue reading
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It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. ~ C. J. Cherryh
Carolyn Janice Cherry Pen Name: C. J. Cherryr, American writer of speculative fiction. Continue reading
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Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. ~ Russell Baker
Russell Baker – American journalist 1925-2019 Continue reading
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Peter Ustinov Quote
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done. ~ Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) Continue reading
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I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. ~ Troy Kennedy-Martin
Troy Kennedy-Martin, Scottish born film and television screenwriter (1932 – 2009) Continue reading
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All colors will agree in the dark. ~ Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman (1561-1626) Continue reading
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There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. ~ Ken Olsen
Source: Time magazine (1977) Continue reading
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Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. ~ Karl Popper
Karl Popper – Austrian-British philosopher and professor 1902-1994 Continue reading
A Pondering Mind 