In the midst of Swedish Death Cleaning during the global pandemic, the last thing I need is a new page on the blog --
but -- the last thing any of us needed was a pandemic, eh?
Or maybe we did need it and we just haven't figured out how it is actually a good thing.
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. attributed to a variety of people
A dear friend sent me some snail mail and mentioned that she liked these two quotes - from me.
I'm so flattered, I will include a section of things I have said.
Contrast can be your best friend. Me, on the blog.
Sometimes it's just better to go with the obvious. Me, on the blog
Shepherd Fairey said: The best art makes the world a little less terrifying.
Leonard Bernstein said: To do great things you need a plan and not enough time.
Virginia Woolf: I like opening a letter and thinking myself loved.
Blaise Pascal: I have made this a rather long letter because I haven't time to make it shorter
Wm. James: As long as there are postmen life will have zest.
Steve Martin: I think I did pretty well considering I started out with a blank piece of paper.
Albert Schweitzer: THe central purpose of each life is to dilute the misery of the world.
A single kind word will keep one warm for years.
Be what you is. If you be old and ugly, then be old and ugly. But be what you is.
I love reading quotes about anything, as I always fill the back side of the envelope with funny or witty quotes from others. I hope this is a permanent feature! Perhaps people can write in with their favourites?
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