Quote of the day

[Magical Realist]

“Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place? This deciduous business alone is a radical scheme, the brainchild of a deranged manic-depressive with limitless capital. Extravagance! Nature will try anything once.”
― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

[Magical Realist]

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we deeply love becomes a part of us”——Helen Keller

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[Magical Realist]

"Rain in the Northwest is not the pounding, flashing performance enjoyed by the eastern part of the nation. Nor is it the festive annual soaking I'd been used to in Southern California. Rather, it's a seven-month drizzle that darkens the sky, mildews the bath towels, and propels those already prone to depression into the dim comforts of antihistamines and a flask.”
― Melissa Hart, Wild Within: How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family

[Magical Realist]

“The need is not really for more brains, the need is now for a gentler, a more tolerant people than those who won for us against the ice, the tiger and the bear. The hand that hefted the ax, out of some old blind allegiance to the past fondles the machine gun as lovingly. It is a habit man will have to break to survive, but the roots go very deep.”― Loren Eiseley, The Immense Journey

[Magical Realist]

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent."---Jim Jarmusch

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[Syne]

“Nothing is original....originality is non-existent."

Hence this thread.

[Magical Realist]

Duh. What did you expect? They're quotes with attributions...

[Syne]

The mentality reflected is apparently lost on you. 9_9

[Magical Realist]

What? It's immoral to quote great minds now? You're a dumbass.

[Syne]

What? It's immoral to quote great minds now? You're a dumbass.

What is wrong with you? @_@
No one said anything was "immoral."

Voices in your head again? 9_9