“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”~Clare of Assisi Italian saint Clare of Assisi was born on this day in 1194.
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”~Clare of Assisi Italian saint Clare of Assisi was born on this day in 1194.
“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.”~Richard Armour American poet and prose writer Richard Armour was born on this day in 1906.
“All I hope, selfishly, is that there will be real books until the day I draw my last breath.”~Jane Hamilton American novelist Jane Hamilton was born on this day in 1957.
“Someday, somewhere—anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.”~Pablo Neruda Chilean poet-diplomat and politician Pablo Neruda was born on this day in 1904.
“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.”~John Quincy Adams American statesman, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States John Quincy Adams was born on this day in 1767.
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”~Camille Pissarro Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro was born on this day in 1830.
“It’s while writing that suddenly a point of view appears: ‘So, that’s what I really thought about this thing’. Then it feels part of me.”~Amélie Nothomb Belgian Francophone novelist Amélie Nothomb was born on this day in 1967.
“You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person.”~Alec Waugh British novelist Alec Waugh was born on this day in 1898.
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”~The 14th Dalai Lama The 14th and incumbent Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso was born on this day in 1935.
“Unfettered markets eventually get out of whack.”~David E. Sanger American journalist David E. Sanger was born on this day in 1960.
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