“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ~Zora Neale Hurston American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day in 1891.
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” ~Zora Neale Hurston American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day in 1891.
“Curiosity needs food as much as any of us, and dies soon if denied it.” ~Stella Benson English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer Stella Benson was born on this day in 1892.
“He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.” ~Olympia Brown American minister and suffragist Olympia Brown was born on this day in 1835.
Skrie and Theren inspected the items the party recovered from the tower while Malusk and Garrick slept. They sorted everything into two groups, items embedded with magic and mundane objects. Placing the everyday things in a sack, the pair turned their attention to identifying those imbued with magic. They smelled all the vials, even the … Continue reading Return to Nemeademore
“Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything adults wish they could be.” ~Carolyn Haywood American writer and illustrator Carolyn Haywood was born on this day in 1898.
“No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.” ~Daisaku Ikeda Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate Daisaku Ikeda was born on this day in 1928.
Happy New Year, everyone. After a couple of weeks of shouting into the Void about still being displaced, First Reader and I have accepted that the dream of returning to the mountain will have to wait until Spring. Having heard from our sales rep this week, she confirmed what we were beginning to suspect—the house … Continue reading Rebuilding the Dream, Pt 125
“Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” ~Göran Persson As the old year bids us farewell and we welcome a new year, please stay safe.
“Don’t strive for somebody else’s notion of perfection. It’s an unattainable and ultimately ridiculous goal. Strive instead to be uniquely yourself and when in doubt listen to your gut, because it already knows what you want to become.” ~Meredith Vieira American broadcast journalist and television personality Meredith Vieira was born on this day in 1953.
“Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible…one or the other must go.” ~Vera Brittain English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist, and pacifist Vera Brittain was born on this day in 1893.
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