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Posted on August 16th, 2012

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart"


—excerpt from I carry your heart with me  by E.E. Cummings


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Posted on June 15th, 2012

The dead body harbors the great mysteries of creation and humanity: the hidden beauty and intricacy of function, the insistence of individuality, the inevitability of decline, the incontrovertibility of death set up against the ill-defined boundaries of life."


—Christine Montross, Body of Work


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Posted on March 25th, 2012

It’s raining women’s voices as if they were dead even in memory."


—excerpt from Guillaume Apollinaire’s “Il Pleut”


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And such a nature is prone to love and ready to return love, always embracing that which is akin to him. And when one of them meets with his other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy, and one will not be out of the other’s sight, as I may say, even for a moment: these are the people who pass their whole lives together, and yet they could not explain what they desire of one another. For the intense yearning which each of them has towards the other does not appear to be the desire of lover’s intercourse, but of something else which the soul evidently desires."


—Aristophanes’ speech from Plato’s Symposium


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Posted on October 20th, 2011

Hold on to wisdom, and it will take care of you. Love it, and it will keep you safe. Wisdom is the most important thing; so get wisdom. If it costs everything you have, get understanding. Treasure wisdom, and it will make you great; hold on to it, and it will bring you honor. It will be like flowers in your hair and like a beautiful crown on your head. Nothing will hold you back; you will not be overwhelmed. Always remember what you have been taught, and don’t let go of it. Keep all that you have learned; it is the most important thing in life. Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. Don’t use your mouth to tell lies; don’t ever say things that are not true. Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good. Be careful what you do, and always do what is right."


—Proverbs 4:6-9,12-13, 23-26

*I am not Christian, nor do I believe or “follow” any particular religion; but I found this excerpt from the Christian bible to be particularly interesting— and is something that can apply to anyone of any religion (or lack-thereof).  


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Posted on October 6th, 2011

The truth is, the sum of a truly creative equation is never the same. When you multiply a client’s unique product, service, or idea by its one-of-a-kind audience, and add its unique position in an ever-changing market, it is virtually impossible to arrive at the same solution for any two organizations."


—[x]


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Some men are born great, with wealth, propensity, and power… and some men, like me, wrestle greatness to the ground and stomp on their computers and spill blood all over their notepads and journals until the sentence is perfect."


—JJ Lask


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These religions encourage their believers to think that they have a monopoly on the truth, that they need to restrict the actions of others based on their beliefs, and that they must convince others to think as they do."


—David Annis

excerpted from [this] article. 


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