Mairghread
@thrumiiis.bsky.social
I like taking pictures of flowers - brace yourself. I also like collecting quotes to mull over. Canadian, crafter, reader, elder, woke as all hell, grandmother, occasional producer of poetry, acerbic, pessimistic optimist, music lover... and much more.
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“Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” ~ Margaret Shepard
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” ~ Margaret Shepard
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise…” - Beatles
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise…” - Beatles
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise…” - Beatles
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise…” - Beatles
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 AM
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” – Douglas Adams
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.” - Neil Gaiman
January 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.” - Neil Gaiman
“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.” ~R. I. Fitzhenry
December 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.” ~R. I. Fitzhenry
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” – Douglas Adams
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” – Douglas Adams
‘The acquisition of any knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.’ - Leonardo da Vinci
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
‘The acquisition of any knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.’ - Leonardo da Vinci
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo Buscaglia
December 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~ Leo Buscaglia
“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.” – Douglas Adams
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.” – Douglas Adams
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ~ Charles William Eliot
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ~ Charles William Eliot
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing then you have everything because you have the freedom to do anything without the fear of losing something.” - Jarod Kintz
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“Nothing, Everything, Anything, Something: If you have nothing then you have everything because you have the freedom to do anything without the fear of losing something.” - Jarod Kintz
“Snow's all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed when it's falling” - J.R.R. Tolkien
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Snow's all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed when it's falling” - J.R.R. Tolkien
“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.” - Charles M. Schulz
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.” - Charles M. Schulz
“Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”
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Ann Bradford
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”
Ann Bradford
Ann Bradford
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. “ - Harriet Tubman
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. “ - Harriet Tubman
“It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.” ~ Joey Comeau
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.” ~ Joey Comeau
"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake." - Paramahansa Yogananda
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake." - Paramahansa Yogananda
“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, ‘This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know.’, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.” - Robert A. Heinlein
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, ‘This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know.’, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.” - Robert A. Heinlein
‘I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.’ - Emily Bronte
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
‘I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.’ - Emily Bronte
"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." - C. S. Lewis
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." - C. S. Lewis
“When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can.” ~ Anthon St. Maarten
“You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.” - Amy Tan
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.” - Amy Tan
"God isn't a noun but a process...a continual, infinitely creative outpouring of love and light onto all living things." ~ Marianne Williamson
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"God isn't a noun but a process...a continual, infinitely creative outpouring of love and light onto all living things." ~ Marianne Williamson