My eyes blinked like a camera shutter clicking through the frames of my life, except the images were mismatched and haphazard: a ragged-looking doll with a rose-colored dress; crocheted white baby mittens, slightly unraveled; a row of tulips, vibrant red; Rex's smile; a rusty weather vane whirling in the wind. My eyelids fluttered, fighting … Continue reading Quote for Today: Sarah Jio
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Quote for Today: Bella Vespira
What is it about the Heavens that draws us to look up? For generations, centuries, (millennia?) it seems we are drawn to look up for answers, comfort in times of despair, with pleas for help, when we are in need of grace, and to give thanks. ―Bella Vespira, Evidence of Things Unseen Public Domain … Continue reading Quote for Today: Bella Vespira
Quote for Today: Salman Rushdie
What seems to me to be happening is that those people who were once colonized by the language are now rapidly remaking it, domesticating it, becoming more and more relaxed about the way they use it -- assisted by the English language's enormous flexibility and size, they are carving out large territories for themselves within … Continue reading Quote for Today: Salman Rushdie
Quote for Today: James Baldwin
Some moments in a life, and they needn't be very long or seem very important, can make up for so much in that life; can redeem, justify, that pain, that bewilderment, with which one lives, and invest one with the courage not only to endure it, but to profit from it; some moments teach one … Continue reading Quote for Today: James Baldwin
Quote for Today: M.R. Laver
Most attribute the domain of night to evil because they can't see. People fear the shadows of the night because shadows represent the unknown, and the unknown is frightening. They assume evil lurks behind every shadow, in every corner not illuminated. But their fear of the unknown is often what really terrifies them. They find … Continue reading Quote for Today: M.R. Laver
Quote for Today: Jeanette LeBlanc
hold still. stay there. tease back the layers. you are in the space between your comfort zone and infinity. you want to hide. not be seen. not be open. not be vulnerable. but you have to. there are two ways to do this - soft and gentle or fast and hard. both will get you … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jeanette LeBlanc
Quote for Today: Onyi Anyado
Your comfort zone is not that comfortable. ―Onyi Anyado John Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781
