Quote of the Day

"Alone is a freedom
that breathes easy and weightless
and lonely is healing if you make it."
- Andrea Dorfman, "How to be Alone" (recommended viewing)(via)

Quote of the Day

"There is one moment when you look at a piece of art and know that you love it. It's the moment when you feel a rush of uplifting inspiration — and total soul-crushing jealousy all at the same time. It's when you walk away thinking, 'Damn, I wish I thought of that.'"
- The Storque: Etsy's Handmade Blog (via)

(Katie Sokoler)

Quote of the Day

"But I don't want to write a love song for the world
I just want to write a song about a boy and a girl"
- Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Say Hey" (via)

Quote of the Day

“As Catholicism itself has been rocked with turmoil from the top down, this group has made the rituals of the Church its own, finding relevance, added meaning and a refuge…Gathering is like CPR for the Spirit.”
- Mary C. Curtis

(Easter 2010 Catholic community brunch)

Quote of the Day

"Traveled far to find the start"
- Butterfly Boucher, "Life is Short"

Quote of the Day

"Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which I cannot touch because they are too near"
- e.e.cummings (via)

Quote of the Day

"Wow, look at me. I'm not even listening to a word you're saying."
- Enid, Ghost World

Quote of the Day

"Aside from the odd nervous breakdown or caffeine-induced bliss-seizure, I have the emotional variation of sand."
- Allie, Hyperbole and a Half

Quote of the Day

"Saying yes, opening up, and loving: these are the keys that will unlock the prison door."
- Arnaud Desjardins (via)

Quote of the Day

"My house is at your service, and [I] would press you most sincerely and most devoutly to accept it, but I am sure, and candor requires me to say, it will never answer your purposes..for in truth it may be compared to a well resorted tavern..."
- George Washington, 15 Feb 1787 letter to his mother (via)

Quote of the Day

"Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
Counting all the ripples on the sea"
- Rogers and Hammerstein, "Happy Talk," South Pacific

Quote of the Day

"Your cat seems to enjoy watching my existence."
- Terri

Quote of the Day

"If you stayed with us for another six months, you'd end up in prison for larceny."
- CE

Quote of the Day

"Belief is truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart."
- Joseph Newton

Quote of the Day

"I love that my albums are works in progress and that they reflect the evolving nature of my life. There's no being in a hurry and no catching up. Instead there is enjoyment and fulfillment and love. My scrapbooks are not judgmental - they welcome new stories at any time, even if it's been awhile since I last added a page, and they care very little whether the story comes from 1976 or 2010."
- Ali Edwards

(art journal page, summer 2006)

Quote of the Day

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."
- Neale Donald Walsch

Quote of the Day

"If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
- Vincent Van Gogh

Quote of the Day

"...the image of Anna flying off the top rope in her signature 'flying double dropkick match ender' move was too much for me to resist a redneck soap opera reference."
- Gabe

Quote of the Day

"I'm grateful that God allows tragedy and trials to occur in our lives -- not because they're easy or because they're desired; but because they help us love. And that too is a blessing because I saw my brother."
- Chris Williams, "Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light"

Quote of the Day

"Avett Brothers songs are really good for character development."
- Ramsay

Quote of the Day

"After seven days,
He was quite tired so God said:
'Let there be a day
Just for picnics, with wine and bread.'
He gathered up some people he had made,
Knitted blankets and laid back in the shade..."
- Crash Test Dummies, "God Shuffled His Feet"

Quote of the Day

"My husband always says that if I'd been born a man, I'd be a Sergeant General in the British army. So get your things, troops -- we're moving on."
- CE

Quote of the Day

"Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot."
- Jack Prelutsky

Quote of the Day

"Charity begins at home."
- Terence (185 BC-159 BC)

Quote of the Day

"So here's to the girls on the go--
Everybody tries.
Look into their eyes,
And you'll see what they know:
Everybody dies.
A toast to that invincible bunch,
The dinosaurs surviving the crunch.
Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch--"
- Stephen Sondheim, "Ladies Who Lunch," Company

(recommended viewing)

Quote of the Day

"We need more male allies. In other words, we need fewer guys and more men."
- Chloe, feministing.com post

Quote of the Day

"Your life is your practice."
- John Cage