Aside from new babies, new mothers must be the most beautiful creatures
quotes
A life with papers
Any real writer — or reader — has had a papercut on the forehead
Rockers of science
Fossils are what ‘now’ looked like forever ago.
Lonesome animals
“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn’t telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ‘Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’”
—John Steinbeck, letter to Peter Benchley, 1956
Refined
Candy is sugar that’s all dressed up for the party.
Brotherlove
There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.
Nerve us!
Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together.
Ever-changing
Why do I love clouds? You can’t save a cloud as you can save a leaf or a flower or a rock — clouds are now! Clouds are the carpe diem of nature.
Chasing the past
Chasing the past, I stumbled into the future.
P.S. Thanks to Rebecca for letting me know that this quote was used in the television show Being Erica. In the episode “Plenty of Fish,”
Refuge
Tea time — a brief recess from dodging life’s blowdarts.
Dissent
I do love my friends who wouldn’t dare judge me — but we all need to be judged, sometimes.
Mind full
Walking is good for solving problems — it’s like the feet are little psychiatrists.
Healing stronger
Scars tell us more about the future than the past, about how we can live strong despite any pain we’ve been through.