Quote of the Day

"It’s a whole lot easier to spread an idea that you care about and believe in.  The world will only begin to have faith in you when you do too."
- Bernadette Jiwa, "Belief Matters" (via)

Quote of the Day

"Beware of anyone who looks at you and says 'I am going to call you what I want to call you in spite of what you call yourself;' they mean you no good, regardless of how big they smile at you when they say it."
- Tracy Clayton, "What's in a Name? Kind of a Lot" (via)

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"I'm disappointed in myself, but somehow I don't think that God is."
- Jana Riess, Flunking Sainthood

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"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances.  The real mistake is to stop trying."
- B. H. Skinner

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“Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides. ”
- E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday

Quote of the Day

"Act without expectation."
- Lao Tzu

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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
- Oscar Wilde

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"I know, now, without a doubt that the true source of happiness, self-worth, and authentic beauty doesn't come from the outside.  Women are constantly being persuaded to want something unachievable, to look younger or thinner and above all to fit in because being different is too painful and embarrassing.  I have accepted myself in a world that does not accept me, because I have learned...that our hearts matter most.  Your heart matters most, so be gentler and more patient with yourself, and their hearts matter most, too, so be kinder and more compassionate to others."
- Stephanie Nielson

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"Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself."
- Mary Schmich

Quote of the Day

"If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile."
- Lynda Barry

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"We find freedom, aliveness, and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us, but from what dissolves, reveals, and expands us."
- Eve Ensler

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"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
- Simone Weil

Quote of the Day

"Let's work on dispelling the myth that libraries exist solely as book repositories...Libraries provide the space, programming, and tools to aid early literacy and youth development; help people find and apply for jobs; preserve culture; serve as safe spaces for LGBTQ youth; give students an alternative to McDonald's for studying; English language practice, yoga classes, fencing demonstrations, radio shows...And yeah, you can borrow things. Like books. And music. And movies. And tools and tech and dogs and musical instruments."
- Jei D. Marcade, "Libraries: Slashing Throats and Cutting Purses" (via)

Quote of the Day

"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."
- Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

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"Whatever happened to chivalry?  Does it only exist in '80s movies?  I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window.  I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey.  I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me.  I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me.  Just once, I want my life to be like an '80s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason.  But no.  No, John Hughes did not direct my life."
- Olive, Easy A

Quote of the Day

"And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting.  Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.  But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you."
- Matthew 6:16-18

Quote of the Day

"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be – and becoming that person."
- St. Therese of Lisieux

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“Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably underestimated and largely underemployed.”
- Charles Medawar

(see also)

Quote of the Day

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”
- C.S. Lewis

Quote of the Day

“The Greek word for 'return' is nostos.  Algos means 'suffering.'  So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
- Milan Kundera

Quote of the Day

"Whether you're gay, straight, purple, orange, or dinosaur...I don't care."
- Darren Criss

Quote of the Day

“Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn’t allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.”
- Warsan Shire

(But let's not get carried away, ok?)

Quote of the Day

"You shouldn’t say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe."
- James Abbot McNeill Whistler

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"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."
- Romans 12:12

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“As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that the things that are truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.”
- Laura Ingalls Wilder

Quote of the Day

"Choose your love, Love your choice."
- Thomas S. Monson

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“If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up.”
- Dorothy Gambrell

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“It took me awhile to learn the rules. OK, it took the librarian in me weeks of careful obsessive research to learn the rules. There was a label maker involved. I'd rather not go into it.”
- Molly Harper