Synkroniciti’s Favorite Quotes of 2014
Here are twenty quote and picture combinations that I find irresistible. I had a dreadful time picking these…so many favorites. Everything in the top forty was compelling, but I didn’t want …
Most Popular Quotes of 2014
I truly enjoy putting together a quote with a picture. These ten quotes were big hits with readers this year. Here’s the last of the “most popular” post lists. Tomorrow I’ll finish …
Icons of Irony: The Grinning Faces of Yue Minjun
What remains when our faith in the institutions around us is shattered? Chinese artist Yue Minjun’s work gives an answer. Yue Minjun was born in the town of Daqing, China in 1962. His …
Quote for Today: Frida Kahlo
Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing. —Frida Kahlo
Quote for Today: Mark Helprin
Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they …
Quote for Today: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. ―Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Laughter and Light: Self Determination and Providence in the World of Wobbly Barstool
Have you ever wondered what novels Charles Dickens might have written if he possessed a sunnier disposition? Meet Wobbly Barstool. Jane Lowy‘s Wobbly Barstool puts a clever spin on the Victorian …
Quote for Today: Jennifer Donnelly
I have done this—made the sad prince laugh. Made his grieving parents smile. None but me. Think you only kings have power? Stand on a stage and hold the hearts …
Quote for Today: Donna Tartt
We looked at each other and just laughed; everything was hysterically funny, even the playground slide was smiling at us, and at some point, deep in the night, when we …
Quote for Today: Josh Billings
There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and …