February 2010
So at the end of this day, we give thanks
For being betrothed to the unknown.
- John O'Donohue
8:00 PM Feb 28th
Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.
- Tom Robbins
2:45 PM Feb 28th
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
- Lin Yu-T'ang
12:51 PM Feb 27th
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.
- Caroline Schoeder
7:10 AM Feb 26th
To change your life: 1. Start immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. Make no exceptions.
- William James
6:51 AM Feb 25th
If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will.
- Tom Robbins
8:29 PM Feb 24th
How terribly sad it is that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
- Jostein Gaarder
6:51 AM Feb 24th
Difficulties illuminate existence, but they must be fresh and of high quality.
- Tom Robbins
3:00 PM Feb 23rd
That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.
- James Kern Feibleman
10:13 AM Feb 23rd
And that's all there is to it: the mind is nothing but thoughts.
- Dudjom Rinpoche
6:59 AM Feb 23rd
Thought tends to collect in pools.
- Wallace Stevens
4:01 PM Feb 21st
Minds are incredibly prone to travel in ruts.
- Freddie Yam
9:41 AM Feb 21st
There never was a day yet that did not get buried in the graveyard of the night.
- John O'Donohue
4:32 PM Feb 20th
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.
- C.S. Lewis
psychobabble
12:39 PM Feb 19th
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.
- Vladimir Nabokov
6:56 AM Feb 19th
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
- Dennis Potter
10:21 AM Feb 18th
Be careful of words, even the miraculous ones.
- Anne Sexton
6:54 AM Feb 18th
Is writing the gift of curling up, of curling up with reality?
- Elfriede Jelinek
5:57 AM Feb 17th
I remain quiet, and slowly the knot in my throat dissolves. I remain.
- Dahlia Ravikovitch
11:30 AM Feb 12th
We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.
- Norman Fischer
6:48 AM Feb 12th
It's difficult to realize the groundlessness of our beliefs, but my style is fragmentary in any case, and my life as perplexed as my writing.
- Rosmarie Waldrop
wood s lot
11:02 AM Feb 10th
snow much on my mind
7:05 AM Feb 10th
There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist?
- Don DeLillo
7:04 AM Feb 9th
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
- Russell Hoban
11:42 AM Feb 8th
The word for moonlight is moonlight.
- Don DeLillo
5:59 AM Feb 8th
Nietzsche said that one of the best days in his life was the day when he rebaptized all his negative qualities as his best qualities.
- John O'Donohue
12:11 PM Feb 6th
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.
- Adam Zagajewski
11:29 AM Feb 5th
We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.
- Anne Lamott
6:48 AM Feb 5th
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
- Simone Weil
7:30 AM Feb 4th
When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.
- Cormac McCarthy
7:17 AM Feb 3rd
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
- Terry Pratchett
7:08 AM Feb 2nd
Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom.
- Terry Pratchett
2:45 PM Feb 1st
we stand in the tremble of thought
taking the vast outside into ourselves.
- Billy Collins
6:53 AM Feb 1st
For being betrothed to the unknown.
- John O'Donohue
8:00 PM Feb 28th
Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is - and still not caring.
- Tom Robbins
2:45 PM Feb 28th
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.
- Lin Yu-T'ang
12:51 PM Feb 27th
Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.
- Caroline Schoeder
7:10 AM Feb 26th
To change your life: 1. Start immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. Make no exceptions.
- William James
6:51 AM Feb 25th
If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will.
- Tom Robbins
8:29 PM Feb 24th
How terribly sad it is that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
- Jostein Gaarder
6:51 AM Feb 24th
Difficulties illuminate existence, but they must be fresh and of high quality.
- Tom Robbins
3:00 PM Feb 23rd
That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.
- James Kern Feibleman
10:13 AM Feb 23rd
And that's all there is to it: the mind is nothing but thoughts.
- Dudjom Rinpoche
6:59 AM Feb 23rd
Thought tends to collect in pools.
- Wallace Stevens
4:01 PM Feb 21st
Minds are incredibly prone to travel in ruts.
- Freddie Yam
9:41 AM Feb 21st
There never was a day yet that did not get buried in the graveyard of the night.
- John O'Donohue
4:32 PM Feb 20th
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.
- C.S. Lewis
psychobabble
12:39 PM Feb 19th
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.
- Vladimir Nabokov
6:56 AM Feb 19th
The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.
- Dennis Potter
10:21 AM Feb 18th
Be careful of words, even the miraculous ones.
- Anne Sexton
6:54 AM Feb 18th
Is writing the gift of curling up, of curling up with reality?
- Elfriede Jelinek
5:57 AM Feb 17th
I remain quiet, and slowly the knot in my throat dissolves. I remain.
- Dahlia Ravikovitch
11:30 AM Feb 12th
We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves.
- Norman Fischer
6:48 AM Feb 12th
It's difficult to realize the groundlessness of our beliefs, but my style is fragmentary in any case, and my life as perplexed as my writing.
- Rosmarie Waldrop
wood s lot
11:02 AM Feb 10th
snow much on my mind
7:05 AM Feb 10th
There are dead stars that still shine because their light is trapped in time. Where do I stand in this light, which does not strictly exist?
- Don DeLillo
7:04 AM Feb 9th
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
- Russell Hoban
11:42 AM Feb 8th
The word for moonlight is moonlight.
- Don DeLillo
5:59 AM Feb 8th
Nietzsche said that one of the best days in his life was the day when he rebaptized all his negative qualities as his best qualities.
- John O'Donohue
12:11 PM Feb 6th
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.
- Adam Zagajewski
11:29 AM Feb 5th
We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.
- Anne Lamott
6:48 AM Feb 5th
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
- Simone Weil
7:30 AM Feb 4th
When you die it's the same as if everybody else did too.
- Cormac McCarthy
7:17 AM Feb 3rd
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
- Terry Pratchett
7:08 AM Feb 2nd
Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom.
- Terry Pratchett
2:45 PM Feb 1st
we stand in the tremble of thought
taking the vast outside into ourselves.
- Billy Collins
6:53 AM Feb 1st
