Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. - Gandalf - J.R.R. Tolkien Heard this quote again while watching my recently… Continue reading Gandalf Quote
Category: Quotes
My favorite quotes.
An ancient homeland
“Here is our long-forgotten family home.And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling,Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries,I fly to you, Belovezhskaya Pushcha.”Aleksandra Pakhmutova – Russian ballad by Aleksandra Pakhmutova, 1975 which celebrates the Białowieża Primeval Forest. Bialowieza Primeval Forest I came across this quote in my Lapham’s Quarterly -…… Continue reading An ancient homeland
Gran cita
Uno no es lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que ha leído. – Jorge Luis Borges
Journal Entry – 11.8.2016
It is 5:40 AM. Daylight savings time just ended two days ago so I really don’t get to take credit for being up early since the biological clock thinks it is 6:40 AM. I always enjoy this time of year but not as much as I do in Ohio. In Ohio the season actually changes…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 11.8.2016
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,Old Time is still a-flying;And this same flower that smiles todayTo-morrow will be dying.The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,The higher he’s a-getting,The sooner will his race be run,And nearer he’s to setting.That age is best which is the first,When youth and blood are warmer;But being spent, the worse, and… Continue reading “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”
Tonight – Extraordinary Tales – Edgar Allen Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher My favorite Edgar Allen Poe Quotes: All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dreamThose who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by nightAll religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination…… Continue reading Tonight – Extraordinary Tales – Edgar Allen Poe
Quote: Auguries of Innocence – William Blake
Auguries of InnocenceBy: William Blake To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43650
Quotes – Letters To A Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke
I was introduced to this poet by my friend Nga earlier this year. She asked if I had ever read Letters To a Young Poet after I had introduced her to The Tao of Pooh. I had never heard of Rilke but kept him in my mind as someone whose works I should read. I…… Continue reading Quotes – Letters To A Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke