Quote for Today: Mary Renault
You mustn’t get so upset about what you feel, Spud. No one’s a hundred per cent consistent all the time. We might like to be. We can plan our lives …
Quote for Today: Yann Martel
To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that …
Quote for Today: Katherine Dunn
Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling …
Quote for Today: Leonard Mlodinow
Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal. For example, most people consider that the greatest evidence of an event one …
Quote for Today: Virgil Kalyana Mittata Iordache
I guess that sometimes it just takes a long walk through the darkness, a long walk through the darkest shadows and corners of your soul to realize that those are …
Quote for Today: Jacqueline Kelly
“Could anything top the promise and potential of a blank page? What could be more satisfying? Never mind that it would soon be crammed with awkward penmanship, that my handwriting …
Quote for Today: Neal Shusterman
I always hear people talk about ‘dysfunctional families.’ It annoys me, because it makes you think that somewhere there’s this magical family where everyone gets along, and no one …
Echoes of Water: Drumming by Katherine McDaniel
Humans living in modern cities have access to medicine, food and abundance. Despite opportunities, why are many of us unfulfilled? A few years ago, Houston Grand Opera sponsored a magical program …
Quote for Today: Jay Leno
I also tend to like cars that need me. To me, cars are like old screen doors. I know that if I jiggle the latch and move it this way, …
The Creative Clock: Parallels Between Artists and Parents
Is your creative clock ticking? Learn to listen and adapt to its messages without becoming fearful and completely stressed out. We often hear of the biological clock. Women, or, less …