“Everybody, professors and students and Proctors the same, knew that if the sign said ‘do not walk on the grass’, one hopped. Anybody who didn’t had failed to understand what Oxford was.” – Natasha Pulley On my first read of this quote, I chuckled and moved on with reading The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. I …
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Quote of the Week 5/7
“It’s been an adventure. We took some causalities over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.” – Anthony Bourdain I remember catching re-runs of No Reservations during college wondering who this Anthony Bourdain guy was. He wasn’t your typical, clean-cut travel guru giving you the …
Quote of the Week 4/23
“The stillest hour of the night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath.” – Kate Chopin Hope you all have had a good week! This week’s quote is going to be a simple one. This is not a quote meant to be picked apart and analyzed meticulously. No, …
The Right Language for Affirmations
Listening to motivational speakers I’ve noticed a trend with the affirmations that they push: aggressive language. Things like “be the predator”, “crush everything before you,” or “be the alpha.” Little phrases designed around putting you on the absolute top. The last one is my least favorite, it always brings about a certain “cringe” factor. These …
Quote of the Week 4/16
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Sadly I have only finished one novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and that, of course, is The Great Gatsby. I know, I know that I need to read some of his other work due to his …
Quote of the Week 4/9
“All the love, all the dead, all the people we’ve known. They are the rivers that feed our sea of souls. If we refuse to remember them, that sea will dry up too.” – Nina George As long as I live, I will keep recommending The Little Paris Bookshop to people. It is filled with …
Quote of the Week 4/2
“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few if us ever emerge from such a beginning!” – Kate Chopin Regretfully, I am just now reading through The Awakening. While classics dot my literary landscape, this one avoided my radar tragically. Now as I make …
Quote of the Week 3/12/23
“Oh yes, I’m a dreamer…. I have such wonderfully complete dreams, papa. They never come true. But even as my dreams fade I have others.” – Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “John Redding Goes to Sea” is a great read filled with excellent questions. The main questions discovered in my readings are …
Three Things to do When Feeling Overwhelmed
You can’t fight off the feeling of being overwhelmed. No matter what you try, there will be another moment in your life where it all just feels heavy. For those of you fearing the negativity of this post, don’t worry. It will get positive, much like life. As I’ve talked about with the purpose of …
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Quote of the Week 3/3/23
“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.” – Oscar Wilde I remember the first time art spoke to me. My family was …
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