You might have noticed the randomized quote on the website in the upper right corner. (It used to be at the top but the new look-and-feel seems to prevent me from doing that.) Over the years, I’ve collected quotations that seem particularly poignant or true. I like quotes. They’re like little succinct nuggets of knowledge. Here are some of my favorite quotes on writing. (You might also see them in the quote generator from time to time. Consider this a cultivated list.) “If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste,…
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A Lack of Quotable Presidents
I likes me some quotes, as you can see by the header. I collect them, especially if they pertain to my interests. But I noticed something–there’s a lack of quotable presidents lately. The last one I remember saying anything profound was JFK. There’s been some memorable lines, like Nixon’s “I am not a crook” and W. Bush’s “Can’t get fooled again”, but those are ignoble. There’s no “speak softly and carry a big stick” or “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. Why is that? What happened after JFK? Does it have something to do with his assassination? Is it something to do with the information age?…
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My First 50 Favorite Tweets
For those who don’t know, I’m also on Twitter (@theWallflower00). I don’t tweet very often, but I like reading them when I need to kill some time. And there’s a lot of wisdom and humor that gets thrown away into the oblivion of the Internet. I just favorited my fiftieth tweet, so I thought I’d kill some time and share the ones that tickled my fancy. John Fugelsang Archaeologists now believe the Mayans were only warning us about the MOVIE 2012. Seth Meyers “With the twittering and the tweetering and the the tootering…” #LikelyLineFromNextCosbyStandUpSpecial Fake AP Stylebook Avoid overuse of commas, as our insurance doesn’t cover that kind of long-term…
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Hey, Look at My New Widget… I said LOOK AT IT!
Why, look what’s above this post! (assuming you’re reading this from the web site) It’s a new, nifty random quote generator. It refreshes with a new quote each time you refresh the site. Over the years… lots of years… I’ve collected quotes that are true or wise, at least to me. There are 254 quotes in the widget above. Some of them are even by me. I used to put them at the end of diary entries, rather than a signature. But since I no longer keep a diary (writing stories and this blog fulfill that need), I’ve kinda stopped collecting quotes. But they just sit there stagnant. And wisdom…
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Thingy
I’m still suffering from vacation lag (Seattle). So please enjoy this ridiculous quote from H.P. Lovecraft. “My reason for writing stories is to give myself the satisfaction of visualising more clearly and detailedly and stably the vague, elusive, fragmentary impressions of wonder, beauty, and adventurous expectancy which are conveyed to me by certain sights (scenic, architectural, atmospheric, etc.), ideas, occurrences, and images encountered in art and literature.” -H.P. Lovecraft
