Zora Neale Hurston was born on 7 January 1891.
Zora Neale Hurston, 1937
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”-Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Happy Birthday, Zora Neale Hurston!
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Category Archives: Quotes
The Dead Writers Round-Up: 6th January
- Fanny Burney died on 1/6/1840. “Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.” (Evelina; Cecilia; Camilla; The Wanderer)
- Carl Sandburg was born on 1/6/1878. “Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.” (Chicago Poems; Abraham Lincoln: The War Years; Remembrance Rock; Rootabaga Stories)
- Kahlil Gibran was born on 1/6/1883. “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.” (Broken Wings; The Prophet)
- Alan Watts was born on 1/6/1915. “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” (The Way of Zen; The Joyous Cosmology; The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are)
Frances Burney by Edward Francesco Burney, 1782
Carl Sandburg, 1940-1946
A Young Kahlil Gibran
A Young Alan Watts
The Dead Writers Round-Up: Two For the Road/Camus and Eliot
“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”-Albert Camus (died on 4 January 1960)
Albert Camus, 1957
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”-T.S. Eliot (died on 4 January 1965)
T.S. Eliot
Daily Diversion #185: Hello Dalí
Isn’t she the cutest?
Enjoying a cuppa in my new Hello Dalí mug. Thanks, Mom!
“I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.”-Salvador Dalí
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John Steinbeck Quote
[Alternative Muses] Going, Going, Gone: Rossetti, Rilke, Phillpotts
“Choose love not in the shallows/but in the deep.”-Christina Rossetti (died on 12/29/1894)
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother
“Let everything happen to you/Beauty and terror/Just keep going/No feeling is final.”-Rainer Maria Rilke (died on 12/29/1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”-Eden Phillpotts (died on 12/29/1960)
Eden Phillpotts by Frederic Taber Cooper, 1912
Goodbye, Theodore Dreiser!
Theodore Dreiser died on 28 December 1945. He was seventy-four.
A grumpy Theodore Dreiser looks like he wants to cut you. 1917.
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”-Theodore Dreiser
KNOWN FOR:
- Sister Carrie
- Jennie Gerhardt
- An American Tragedy
Happy Christmas!
Happy Christmas!
Harper’s Bazar, XMAS 1894
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
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John Steinbeck Quote
[Beautiful Wisdom from] Joe Strummer: 21 August 1952-22 December 2002
Joe Strummer Quote
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