Quote of the Day

"It’s easy to date a girl who reads.  Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries.  Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings.  Let her know that you understand that words are love."
- Rosemarie Urquico, "Date a Girl who Reads" (via)

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"The library assistant, who was helpful and diligent, bordering on liturgical, handed me the first volume, then the third, wincing that the second volume 'burned up in a fire.'  Which happened nearly two hundred years ago, but this true-blue young archivist is still in mourning."
- Sarah Vowell, The Wordy Shipmates

Quote of the Day

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- Thomas Jefferson

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"The tricky part about being human is that you have to be your own pack leader.  You have to know that you can keep yourself safe, stand over your own emotional center of gravity and stay stable but responsive.  When you’ve got that, you can open yourself back up to new experiences, without fear, without reservation, trusting that if you fall, you’ll be safe.  You’ve got YOU to protect you."
- Emily Nagoski (via)

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"You know dinner is bad when they messed up the raw vegetables..."
- Kate

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"There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, ‘I feel that this is right for me, I know that this is wrong.’  No teacher, preacher, parent, friend or wise man can decide what's right for you -- just listen to the voice that speaks inside."
- Shel Silverstein

Happy Easter Monday, mes amies!

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"Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.  
Let all that you do be done in love."
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NRSV)

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"There is just a serious rain,
a steady crutch for the air,
colder than any April should be."
- Judith Harris, "The Discipline of Craft, Easter Morning" (via)

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"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
- Paulo Freire

Quote of the Day

"I’d like to go
somewhere else entirely,
and I don’t mean
Europe."
- Deborah Garrison, "Please Fire Me" (via)

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"You might say, 'I’m not the creative type.'  If that is how you feel, think again, and remember that you are spirit daughters of the most creative Being in the universe.  Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God?  Think about it -- your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf (via)(see also)

Quote of the Day

"Listen, I will tell you a mystery!"
- 1 Corinthians 15:51 (NRSV)

(Nancy Drew box set + Monk bobble-head)

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"I'm not sure what it means to be a real adult.  I think it might involve owning a washing machine."
- M.A.

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"It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor.  It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship.  There are no ordinary people.  You have never talked to a mere mortal."
- C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

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"When clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth; Whoever observes the wind will not sow; and whoever regards the clouds will not reap."
- Ecclesiastes 11:3-4

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"To become a real boy, you must prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish."
- Pinocchio

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"To me, speaking at Smith is like being on Oprah!"
- Courtney Martin (via)

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"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."
- William Morris

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"You love her madly, don't you, schmuck?"
- Mr. Mushnik, Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."
- Marianne Williamson

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"I have decided to be happy, because it is good for my health."
- Voltaire

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"My dear brothers and sisters, don't get discouraged if you stumble at times, the first step to walking in righteousness is simply to try.  We must try to believe.  Try to learn of God, and do the things He asks of us.  Try and keep on trying until that which seems difficult becomes possible -- and that which seems only possible becomes habit and a real part of you."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quote of the Day

"You can wear a dress.  Or a vest.  Or a dress with a vest!"
- Ingrid

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Quote of the Day

“We have, in effect, an Eleventh Commandment.  We have come to believe thinner is healthier, happier, and more beautiful as though it were handed down on Mount Sinai.  But these are not divine truths—they are prejudices with a complex history.  They have led to a false religion that does not deliver what it promises.”
- Roberta Pollack Seid, Never Too Thin: Why Women Are at War with Their Bodies (via)

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"Our presence at the Spring Weekend party is decoration enough."
- Ingrid

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...and we're back!  Unexpected hiatus due to a poorly timed computer virus.  All better now! :)

Quote of the Day

"In times like these, it helps to remember there have always been times like these."
- Paul Harvey

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"As you all know, Smith has experienced extensive budget cuts, and has decided to open up a new work study position -- that of the ‘Shower Monitor.’  Shower monitors will be hired in house, as with student housekeepers, and will ensure that student showers do not exceed 15 minutes.  Once a student has met their hot water limit, the shower monitor will reach into the shower and manually turn off the hot water. For $.50 a minute, students can opt to extend their shower time."
- Sustainability rep's email