Open Quote of the Week

[Lucy]

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

Elizabeth Bowen

 

[Lucy]

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.”

– Michel de Montaigne

 

[Julie Justice]

 

[Deric Storm]

With everything going on right now, this quote rings a little truer:

"Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it." - Winston Churchill

I have my own addendum to it: "Those who CHOOSE not to learn from history DESERVE to repeat it."

 

[Invader]

“The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more shallow and lifeless your reality becomes, and the more deadened you become to reality.” ~Eckhart Tolle

 

[Lucy]

“The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.” – Joel Osteen

 

[Julie Justice]

This was posted by someone on a "Star Trek" fan page on Facebook. It comes from a Sherlock Holmes themed ep of the Star Trek: The Next Generation where Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge (LaVar Burton (also of "Reading Raninbow" fame) told the computer to come of with a villain capable of defeating android Data (Brent Spiner) and this is what happpened.)

But I thought all the writers here would appreciate it.

 

[Lucy]

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.“
– Groucho Marx

 

[Lucy]

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

—Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

"Flying high into the clear blue sky, has left your wings fragile, and now I can see those folded wings are making you feel tired. Don't try to force a smile for anybody else; but don't forget that it's okay to smile for yourself."

-Alones

 

[Tenchi Masaki]

"Find solace in the rain."
-Makato Shinkai

 

[Lucy]

I've always loved this quote.

"The flower that blooms in adversity, is the rarest and most beautiful of all"

-Walt Disney