Two Thoughts (25 - 31 August)
Sunday, 25 August
Two thoughts from Ford Madox Ford
“The repressions of the passionate drive them mad.”
“Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels, stuck in our idiot Eden.”
Monday, 26 August
Two thoughts from Daphne du Maurier
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
“What might have been – what could have been. These are the saddest phrases in our English tongue.”
Tuesday, 27 August
Two thoughts from Doris May Lessing
"We have not yet developed a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination."
"Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read."
Wednesday, 28 August
Two thoughts from Patricia Highsmith
“I am the forever-seeking.”
“And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.”
Thursday, 29 August
Two thoughts from Ruth Ozeki
“Life is fleeting. Don’t waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!”
"language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you."
Friday, 30 August
Two thoughts from Haruki Murakami
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
“Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself.”
Saturday, 31 August
Two thoughts from Orhan Pamuk
“The writers secret is not inspiration – for it is never clear where it comes from – it is his stubbornness, his patience.”
“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
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dear jim,
fantastic selection of quotes today! some of (lots of) my favorites:
Ford Madox Ford:
“Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels, stuck in our idiot Eden.”
Daphne du Maurier:
“What might have been – what could have been. These are the saddest phrases in our English tongue.”
Doris May Lessing:
"Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read."
Patricia Highsmith:
“And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.”
Ruth Ozeki:
“Life is fleeting. Don’t waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!”
"language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you."
Haruki Murakami:
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
“Be fearless, be brave, be bold, love yourself.”
Orhan Pamuk:
“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
thank you for sharing them all!
much love
myq