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Life is meant for living

 

Source: http://www.jettobox.com/
 
 
Pontificating
 
 
Remembering is another form of suffering.  Remembering that success is a journey, not a destination, what shall I have in mind?  The past, the present, or the future?  Keep your eyes on the goals.  There have not been set yet.  That is the worst part – I don’t know what exactly I want, but [...]

Never argue with a woman

 
Source: http://harrietdevine.typepad.com/harriet_devines_blog/art/page/2/
 
One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to
take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
    
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, “Good morning, Ma’am. What are you [...]

Quotes. August 21, 2009.

 
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”
    
—    James Baldwin

To Read Fiction. Part II

 
by Donald Hall (1928 – )
 
What’s Good, What’s Bad
 
The claims I make for fiction are large: that it alerts and enlarges our minds, our connections with each other past and present, our understanding of our feelings.  These claims apply to excellent literature only.  This suggests that some fiction is better than other fiction, and that [...]

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