I like all animals but people are my favorite. (at least, until recently)
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Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
— Franz Kafka
(Photo by me from Santa Fe MeowWolf)
Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
— Franz Kafka
(Photo by me from Santa Fe MeowWolf)
I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. – Vincent van Gogh
I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. – Vincent van Gogh
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” – Italo Calvino
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” – Italo Calvino
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” – Socrates
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” – Socrates
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. --Mark Twain
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. --Mark Twain
What I think when that page on QueryTracker shows that I've been 'skipped'....
Maybe, baby!
What I think when that page on QueryTracker shows that I've been 'skipped'....
Maybe, baby!
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
– Edgar Rice Burroughs
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
– Edgar Rice Burroughs
“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” – Dr. Seuss
(Photo I took in The Last Bookstore, LA)
“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” – Dr. Seuss
(Photo I took in The Last Bookstore, LA)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20
Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.
--Mark Twain
Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.
--Mark Twain
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. E. E. Cummings
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. E. E. Cummings
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
-- Dorothy Parker
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
-- Dorothy Parker
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. C. S. Lewis
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. C. S. Lewis
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
Word for the day:
apotropaic: a word that is thought to avert bad things from happening, example: abracadabra
Word for the day:
apotropaic: a word that is thought to avert bad things from happening, example: abracadabra
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20