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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“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.”
Ann Bradford
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
"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words." - Rachel Naomi Remen
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words." - Rachel Naomi Remen
“If you’re tired of taking one step forward and two steps back, just turn around. That way you’ll be going forward in reverse.” ~ Jarod Kintz
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“If you’re tired of taking one step forward and two steps back, just turn around. That way you’ll be going forward in reverse.” ~ Jarod Kintz
‘I think that God in creating man somewhat over estimated his ability.’ – Oscar Wilde
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
‘I think that God in creating man somewhat over estimated his ability.’ – Oscar Wilde
'My friends are gone and my head is gray, I ache in the places where I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song' - Leonard Cohen
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
'My friends are gone and my head is gray, I ache in the places where I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song' - Leonard Cohen
“You can't lie to your soul.” ~ Irvine Welsh
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“You can't lie to your soul.” ~ Irvine Welsh
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.” - Brian Jacques
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.” - Brian Jacques
"Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out." — Thich Nhat Hanh
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out." — Thich Nhat Hanh
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
‘We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up.’ - Simon Pegg
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
‘We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up.’ - Simon Pegg