"They lived and laughed
and loved and left."- James Joyce
This is a on a card. The inside says "And the world will never be the same."
I collect cards, and lately, I have been buying sympathy cards. I love the simplicity and gravity of this quote. That last word "left" and what it implies is almost a surpise. I got all choked up when I read it. Part of its power is in the format. Two lines slow you down and tells you where to pause so you feel the repetition and rhythm of "and laughed / and loved and left."
and loved and left."- James Joyce
This is a on a card. The inside says "And the world will never be the same."
I collect cards, and lately, I have been buying sympathy cards. I love the simplicity and gravity of this quote. That last word "left" and what it implies is almost a surpise. I got all choked up when I read it. Part of its power is in the format. Two lines slow you down and tells you where to pause so you feel the repetition and rhythm of "and laughed / and loved and left."
"And I began that night, by the light of dozens of candles, to finally put on paper what was in my heart." - SARK, from Juicy Pens Thirsty Paper
I want this experience. SARK has taught me much about writing and not writing. Did she become a writer that night? Or was she born a writer? But a writer, in the words of SARK, is "one who writes," so maybe it is not until you start writing that you can call yourself a writer. I guess that makes sense.
I wonder if I light the candles the writing will come.
I want this experience. SARK has taught me much about writing and not writing. Did she become a writer that night? Or was she born a writer? But a writer, in the words of SARK, is "one who writes," so maybe it is not until you start writing that you can call yourself a writer. I guess that makes sense.
I wonder if I light the candles the writing will come.
"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." - Saul Bellow
This quote is in an insomnia journal that I use on nights when I struggle to sleep.
The contents of dreams and the ideas and words that arise during rest and relaxation are things meant to written. They come from the subconsious. They are real. They are true. They are magical. I have had those moments where I sit up in bed and absolutely need to grab a pen and paper and write the thought down. Since the experience happens without intentionally thinking or writing, the thoughts are generally simple and precise. Little bits of truth. Flawless statments. There is no struggle or deciding which word works best. There is no editing or revising. A moment of clarity.
This quote is in an insomnia journal that I use on nights when I struggle to sleep.
The contents of dreams and the ideas and words that arise during rest and relaxation are things meant to written. They come from the subconsious. They are real. They are true. They are magical. I have had those moments where I sit up in bed and absolutely need to grab a pen and paper and write the thought down. Since the experience happens without intentionally thinking or writing, the thoughts are generally simple and precise. Little bits of truth. Flawless statments. There is no struggle or deciding which word works best. There is no editing or revising. A moment of clarity.
"The murderous din of our materialism cannot be allowed to silence the independent voices which will never cease to speak: whether they be the voices of Christian Saints, or the voices of Oriental sages like Lao-Tse or the Zen masters, or the voices of men like Thoreau or Martin Buber, or Max Picard." - Thomas Mertin, Thoughts in Solitude, 12
"There seems no plan because it is all plan; there seems no center because it is all center." - C. S. Lewis
The first part of this quote strikes particularly well with me right now. I graduated college almost four months ago, and for the first time in my life, I have no plan. These weeks have been a constant struggle. What do I want? What career should I head towards? I feel I have no time. I dislike my job. I am stressed.
"There seems no plan because it is all plan." I must remind myself that not having a plan right now is all part of the process that will lead me toward reaching my dreams. Everything I experience now is part of a much larger plan, whether I can see the upcoming steps or not. I am meant to be here, now. Instead of worrying about where I will be, I should slow down, explore myself, take advantage of this opportunity to choose my path of happiness. I may never again have the time or independence I have now.
The first part of this quote strikes particularly well with me right now. I graduated college almost four months ago, and for the first time in my life, I have no plan. These weeks have been a constant struggle. What do I want? What career should I head towards? I feel I have no time. I dislike my job. I am stressed.
"There seems no plan because it is all plan." I must remind myself that not having a plan right now is all part of the process that will lead me toward reaching my dreams. Everything I experience now is part of a much larger plan, whether I can see the upcoming steps or not. I am meant to be here, now. Instead of worrying about where I will be, I should slow down, explore myself, take advantage of this opportunity to choose my path of happiness. I may never again have the time or independence I have now.
"She used to tell me it wasn't up to us to question the circumstances of our lives. It was our job, instead, to live them as best we could, to trust that God had a plan for each of us, to know that something that looked like a curse could just as easily be a blessing." - Lee Martin, in Molly McQuade's One Word, 41.
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