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Marcus Aurelius on Power

Posted on October 14, 2019 by maedez
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Our recent move did not go as planned. It was chaotic, and full of oh-so-many glitches. We’re still dealing with the aftermath. 

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”–Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Any bit of wisdom helps, eh?

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James Thurber on Art

Posted on March 23, 2019 by maedez
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Here’s what my hometown boy had to say about art:

“Art–the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.”–James Thurber

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Gustave Flaubert on Reading

Posted on February 11, 2019 by maedez
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“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”–Gustave Flaubert

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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Gaskell!

Posted on September 29, 2018 by maedez
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English writer Elizabeth Gaskell was born on 29th September 1810:

1832 miniature of Elizabeth Gaskell by William John Thomson

  • KNOWN FOR: Mary Barton; North and South; Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story; Cranford; The Life of Charlotte Brontë.
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Fran Lebowitz on Life

Posted on September 28, 2018 by maedez
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Fran Lebowitz Quote

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Sidney Lumet on Good Work

Posted on September 24, 2018 by maedez
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Sidney Lumet Quote

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Henry Beston on the Earth as Poetry

Posted on July 24, 2018 by maedez
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“It is only when we are aware of the earth and of the earth as poetry that we truly live.”–Henry Beston

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Philip Roth on the Best Readers

Posted on May 25, 2018 by maedez
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“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”–Philip Roth

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Tom Wolfe on the Problem with Fiction

Posted on May 17, 2018 by maedez
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“The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That’s not true with non-fiction.”–Tom Wolfe

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John Cheever on Usefulness

Posted on May 11, 2018 by maedez
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“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness.”–John Cheever

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