“It’s courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.” ― Ruskin Bond “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ― e.e.cummings Wednesday Quotes: Courage
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Let’s do this!
“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
― Jim Butcher, Vignette
Wednesday Quotes: Making a Difference
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A Post Is Like a Box of Chocolates
you’ll never know what you’re gonna get. “Will looked horrified. “What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel Not this one: “Cookie?” he offered, holding a cookie full of chocolate chips.Upset tummy or not, there was no way I could refuse … Continue reading A Post Is Like a Box of Chocolates
Writing Letters Beautifully
When this was still the mode to forward letters, the following sentence was just as true as today:
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.”
This quote or very close versions thereof have been attributed to various authors over the years, Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Johann Wolfgan von Goethe, Jonathan Swift, Heinrich von Kleist, and probably some others.
Axel Haitzer, a modern day recruiting and training expert, explained the sentiment thus:
“What hasn’t been thought completely through requires a lot of words.”
“Nicht zu Ende Gedachtes beansprucht viele Wörter.”
But letter writing can also be something quite different. Many years ago I took a class in calligraphy which basically is writing letters beautifully. I have only a few sheets still of what I did then. One of my first attempts:
And one with a sentiment I often expressed, although seldom as beautifully:
Wednesday Quotes: Letter Writing
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Going on An Adventure
Wednesday Quotes: Being Adventurous
Stress Relief
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
David Mamet, Boston Marriage
Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays: Delicious Delight
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“And now, We Make the Trip Every Year”
“One cannot resist the lure of Africa.”
said one stork to the others, quoting Rudyard Kipling.
So, off he flew.
to Africa
and then he came back and quoted Ibn Battuta:
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then it turns you into a storyteller.”
Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays: A Trip to Remember
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Cool Waters
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.”
Margaret Atwood
Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays: Senses : touch or feeling
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