An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the … Continue reading Quote for Today: Aesop’s Fables
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Quote for Today: Vijaya Gowrisankar
The smell of cars' smoke as I wade through traffic overshadows the fresh fragrance of Mother Earth drenched in rain. There can be no greater testimony to man's progress. ―Vijaya Gowrisankar Image: stuck in a traffic jam © Ben with CCLicense
Quote for Today: Alison McGhee
What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other long enough to see that a body is a thing of beauty, is a miracle of rivers and oceans and islands and continents contained within itself? That the brain is divided into two hemispheres, each symmetrical, each … Continue reading Quote for Today: Alison McGhee
Quote for Today: Ava Jae
Emptiness felt like a living thing. A parasite growing in the center of your chest, somewhere behind your heart, taking every ounce of warmth and light and happiness and consuming it until there's nothing left. Emptiness feels like exhaustion, like there's no reason to fight, no reason to take another breath, no reason to try … Continue reading Quote for Today: Ava Jae
Quote for Today: Rachel Thompson
We look at your eyes. The eyes carry the wounds. The eyes know damage. Damaged people recognize other damaged people, and we let you in. We are kindred. ―Rachel Thompson, Broken Pieces Public Domain Image via publicdomainpictures.net
Quote for Today: Wendell Berry
It was no thought or word that called culture into being, but a tool or a weapon. After the stone axe we needed song and story to remember innocence, to record effect-and so to describe the limits, to say what can be done without damage. ―Wendell Berry, What Are People For? Public Domain Image via … Continue reading Quote for Today: Wendell Berry
Quote for Today: Jean Rhys
“Well, let's argue this out, Mr Blank. You, who represent Society, have the right to pay me four hundred francs a month. That's my market value, for I am an inefficient member of Society, slow in the uptake, uncertain, slightly damaged in the fray, there's no denying it. So you have the right to … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jean Rhys
