“to shut [aging and the upward years] out, to try to be young, say, at 80, to pretend there’s no old age, then you miss something. You miss a quality that if you don’t have it, you haven’t lived a complete life” (Sarton 1991d, 195). Taken from "Of Creative Crones and Poetry:Developing Age Studies Through … Continue reading Quote of the day: 4/20/17
Month: April 2017
Quote of the day: 4/17/17
"Language remains a human act which makes other actions and choices possible: 'Only where there is language is there world,' 'We are our words' ('The Demon Lover"); 'Our words are jammed in an electric jungle;/sometimes, though, they rise and wheel croaking above the treetops' ('Ghazals'); 'I am thinking how we can use what we have/to invent … Continue reading Quote of the day: 4/17/17
Quote of the day: 4/16/17
“But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; on him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and by his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
Quote of the day: 4/7/17
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds by using time and pressure. He is working on you too.” - Rick Warren
Quotes of the day: 4/3/17
"I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe." Flannery O'Connor