Oscar Wilde: no other writer is capable of putting so much humor and poignancy into a single, simple sentence. Here are some of my favorites: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” True. There is no one on earth who is exactly like you. “Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” We should […]
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Quick Quotes Friday: Capote
“Be anything but a coward, a pretender, an emotional crook, a whore: I’d rather have cancer than a dishonest heart.” -Truman Capote I chose this quote for three reasons: one, I love the phrase dishonest heart; two, this quote is punctuated brilliantly; and three, it contains a cancer reference, my personal trigger. Let’s take each of those separately. What is a […]
Quick-Quote Friday: Emerson
As promised, I’m shaking things up on the creativity front. Today’s post will be the first in a series for September (yes, a series within a series). Every Friday, I’ll post an inspirational quote that I find intriguing, followed by my brief thoughts about the quote: how I interpret it, whether I agree or disagree with […]
May “Beauty Month” Recap
We’ve reached the end of our first monthly focus on beauty. We’ve explored beauty in the home, in marriage, in special moments, and in old objects. The Female Yoda gave us an insightful guest post on changing our expectations of beauty, I honored my mothers in a beauty-centered Mother’s Day post, and dipped back into the […]
Wanted: Shakespeare Reading Partners for 2014!
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” -William Shakespeare “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” -Hamlet “Sit by my side and let the world slip: we shall ne’er be younger.” […]
Favorite Reading Quotes
I’m dipping into some favorite reading quotes today. What’s your favorite quote about books? “A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” -Samuel Johnson “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” -Groucho Marx “Reading takes us away […]