January 2013
You do things and do things and nobody really has a clue.
- John Updike
6:00 AM Jan 31st
Something about me has always liked the drama and inconvenience of bad weather. The worse the better, really.
- John Green
6:00 AM Jan 29th
You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.
- Neil Gaiman
7:00 AM Jan 28th
If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.
- C. S. Lewis
7:57 PM Jan 26th
There's none so blind as those who will not listen.
- Neil Gaiman
6:00 AM Jan 25th
I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.
- Charles de Lint
6:01 AM | Jan 24th
Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?
- Neil Gaiman
6:00 AM Jan 23rd
Who has twisted us around like this, so that no matter what we do, we are in the posture of someone going away?
- Rainer Maria Rilke
9:20 AM Jan 22nd
The real you is ever new and alive and much too big to be your own.
- Ivan M. Granger
8:30 AM Jan 21st
What I just said vanished in the sky - and I've fallen on the ground again.
- Tukaram
8:18 PM Jan 20th
To arrange words in some order is not the same thing as the inner poise that's poetry. We are here to reveal. We do not waste words.
- Tukaram
1:00 PM | Jan 19th
You can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite.
- Flannery O'Connor
9:42 AM | Jan 19th
You have not lived a perfect day unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- Ruth Smeltzer
10:30 AM Jan 18th
When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?
- Gabrielle Roth
6:00 AM Jan 17th
That you barely exist as you are couldn't please me more.
- Mark Strand
7:00 AM Jan 16th
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
- Flannery O'Connor
6:00 AM Jan 16th
What you felt and saw and knew
sticks to the paper like a scar.
- Rachel Hadas
7:47 AM Jan 15th
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
- Charles de Lint
6:41 AM Jan 14th
I shall always remember that smile. From what world did it come from?
- Elie Wiesel
10:13 AM Jan 12th
You're a different human being to everybody you meet.
- Chuck Palahniuk
3:39 PM Jan 11th
Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?
- Franz Wright
6:00 AM Jan 11th
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.
- Rumi
5:43 AM Jan 10th
My kin are given to such phrases as, "Let's face it."
- Flannery O'Connor
7:18 AM Jan 9th
Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.
- Edward Abbey
4:00 PM | Jan 8th
Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
- Edward Abbey
6:13 AM Jan 8th
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
- Oscar Wilde
8:00 AM Jan 7th
In a world thronged with monsters and with gods, we are barely conscious of tranquility.
- Marcel Proust
7:00 PM Jan 6th
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?
- Mary Oliver
2:22 PM Jan 4th
Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.
- Charles de Lint
10:17 AM Jan 4th
I would like to do whatever it is that presses the essence from the hour.
- Mary Oliver
7:30 AM Jan 3rd
And the future no more than et cetera et cetera . . . but fast and forever.
- Mark Strand
7:30 PM Jan 2nd
Begin again the story of your life.
- Jane Hirshfield
9:39 AM Jan 1st
- John Updike
6:00 AM Jan 31st
Something about me has always liked the drama and inconvenience of bad weather. The worse the better, really.
- John Green
6:00 AM Jan 29th
You don't get explanations in real life. You just get moments that are absolutely, utterly, inexplicably odd.
- Neil Gaiman
7:00 AM Jan 28th
If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.
- C. S. Lewis
7:57 PM Jan 26th
There's none so blind as those who will not listen.
- Neil Gaiman
6:00 AM Jan 25th
I'm not as trusting as people think I am. Sure, I see the best in people, but that doesn't mean it's really there.
- Charles de Lint
6:01 AM | Jan 24th
Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody?
- Neil Gaiman
6:00 AM Jan 23rd
Who has twisted us around like this, so that no matter what we do, we are in the posture of someone going away?
- Rainer Maria Rilke
9:20 AM Jan 22nd
The real you is ever new and alive and much too big to be your own.
- Ivan M. Granger
8:30 AM Jan 21st
What I just said vanished in the sky - and I've fallen on the ground again.
- Tukaram
8:18 PM Jan 20th
To arrange words in some order is not the same thing as the inner poise that's poetry. We are here to reveal. We do not waste words.
- Tukaram
1:00 PM | Jan 19th
You can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite.
- Flannery O'Connor
9:42 AM | Jan 19th
You have not lived a perfect day unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- Ruth Smeltzer
10:30 AM Jan 18th
When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?
- Gabrielle Roth
6:00 AM Jan 17th
That you barely exist as you are couldn't please me more.
- Mark Strand
7:00 AM Jan 16th
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
- Flannery O'Connor
6:00 AM Jan 16th
What you felt and saw and knew
sticks to the paper like a scar.
- Rachel Hadas
7:47 AM Jan 15th
Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.
- Charles de Lint
6:41 AM Jan 14th
I shall always remember that smile. From what world did it come from?
- Elie Wiesel
10:13 AM Jan 12th
You're a different human being to everybody you meet.
- Chuck Palahniuk
3:39 PM Jan 11th
Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?
- Franz Wright
6:00 AM Jan 11th
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.
- Rumi
5:43 AM Jan 10th
My kin are given to such phrases as, "Let's face it."
- Flannery O'Connor
7:18 AM Jan 9th
Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.
- Edward Abbey
4:00 PM | Jan 8th
Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
- Edward Abbey
6:13 AM Jan 8th
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
- Oscar Wilde
8:00 AM Jan 7th
In a world thronged with monsters and with gods, we are barely conscious of tranquility.
- Marcel Proust
7:00 PM Jan 6th
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?
- Mary Oliver
2:22 PM Jan 4th
Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.
- Charles de Lint
10:17 AM Jan 4th
I would like to do whatever it is that presses the essence from the hour.
- Mary Oliver
7:30 AM Jan 3rd
And the future no more than et cetera et cetera . . . but fast and forever.
- Mark Strand
7:30 PM Jan 2nd
Begin again the story of your life.
- Jane Hirshfield
9:39 AM Jan 1st
