otoh

The exhaustion that I wrote about is in full force. How ironic — each day seems to fly past, but I feel like I’ve been back at this pace for months, not days. Maybe tomorrow I’ll write a real post….

The previous parts of this series are here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. (If you’re keeping track, there are 200 quotes in rotation now.)

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own. ~ Henry David Thoreau

To play it safe is not to play. ~ Robert Altman

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. ~ Linus Pauling

Fill in the blank: _____ is not the answer. _____ is the question. The answer is yes.

There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. ~Johann Sebastian Bach

A poet, by definition, has to be an enemy of the State. ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. ~ Anatole France

I never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. ~ Clarence Darrow

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. ~ Mordecai Siegal

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~ Dorothy Parker

Of the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable. ~ Anthony Trollop

The purpose of the writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. ~ Bernard Malamud

Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all. ~ Arthur Balfour

I reserve the right to be more interesting than my clothes. ~ Mark Durham

If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude. ~ Amy Tan

Bureaucrats have motives for inventing enemies and exaggerating their misdeeds. ~ Carl Sagan

If you want to be able to predict the future, invent it. ~ Chris Carter

I touch the future. I teach. ~ Christa McAuliffe

Shallow problems call for shallow solutions.

Bumper sticker you’ll never see: I’m hung like Einstein and as smart as a horse.

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