Quote of the day

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Aug 15, 2021 06:00 PM by Magical Realist.)

“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”
― Audre Lorde

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**Leigha** · Aug 16, 2021 04:03 AM

''Raise your words, not your voice. It is the rain that grows flowers, not thunder.'' - Rumi

**Magical Realist** · Aug 16, 2021 05:33 PM

“The universe is big, its vast and complicated, and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. And that's the theory. Nine hundred years, never seen one yet, but this would do me.”
― Steven Moffat

**Magical Realist** · Aug 17, 2021 05:45 PM

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Aug 18, 2021 07:07 PM by Magical Realist.)

“That’s what I do: I make coffee and occasionally succumb to suicidal nihilism. But you shouldn’t worry — poetry is still first. Cigarettes and alcohol follow”
― Anne Sexton

**Magical Realist** · Aug 18, 2021 08:08 PM

“After one point, you have to let go of your deity, your books, your theories and stories. You have to let go of everything and merge with the supreme nothingness. This last step is the most difficult to take. It's not a step. It's a jump which lands you directly in the lap of supreme power.”
― Shunya

**Magical Realist** · Aug 19, 2021 06:57 PM

"You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living."----Jon Krakauer

**C C** · Aug 20, 2021 11:27 PM

Poor Richard's Almanack, 1741:

Finity, delaying its end, did say:
Like a flea attached to its beast I stay!
I vow, quoth Infinity, so you do.
And feeding from my very ichor, too.

**Leigha** · (This post was last modified: Aug 23, 2021 03:02 AM by Leigha.)

''Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted.'' - Sylvia Plath

**Magical Realist** · (This post was last modified: Aug 23, 2021 08:47 PM by Magical Realist.)

“Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor. Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender. Turn your face away from the garish light of day, turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light, and listen to the music of the night... "---Charles Hart

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