Quotation of the Day --------------------------- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. (1817-1862)
Word of the Day Quixotic -------------- kind, and noble, but in a way that is foolish or not practical
Quotation of the Day A Quixotic sense of the honorable—of the chivalrous. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Word of the Day facile --------------- Definition: (adjective) Working, acting, or speaking with effortless ease and fluency. Synonyms: eloquent, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken, fluent, silver Usage: Those facile and brilliant phrases and ideas struck me as the finest things I had yet known in literature, and I borrowed the book and read it through
Word of the Day Prodigious ----------------------- Very great; hugh; enormous (a prodigious appetite) causing wonder; amazing, especially grand or large (a prodigious display of learning)
Detail makes the difference between boring and terrific writing. It’s the difference between a pencil sketch and a lush oil painting. As a writer, words are your paint. Use all the colors. Rhys Alexander -------------------------------------------- Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer’s make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road to where he wants to go, I could only warn him to look to his zest, see to his gusto. Ray Bradbury
Quotation of the Day I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. The same goes for true love. I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't. I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you. I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score. I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up. I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many years you have lived. I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other. I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. I've learned that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different. I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help. I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being. I've learned that the people you care about most in life are sometimes taken from you too soon.
This Day in History Robinson Crusoe Is Published (1719) Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is a fictional autobiography of the eponymous English castaway marooned on a desert island for 28 years. During this time, Crusoe encounters savages, captives, and mutineers and endures endless hardships. The first volume of Defoe's Crusoe story was published in 1719 and garnered immediate acclaim. It is considered by some critics to be the first true English novel.
Life is similar to the tossing waves upon the sea. Rocking us from one emotion. Then tilting us totally by surprise, to cast us over with one quick surge. One minute, the sky full of sunshine, and a balmy breeze. Then, only to have us turn our view for a moment, to notice the impending dark clouds, on the distant horizons. So also, are the waves of our life, as unpredictable as waves upon the sea. Our daydream, is a clear glass ocean, with a gentle breeze. Yet in reality, that is just what it is.....a daydream. Nothing stays the same, life is ever changing. After a storm, birds come out, and sing song, to delight in what remains to them. Being content that the storm has passed by, looking forward to the new day. Let me, also learn the attitude of contentment. Serenity shall then follow, not far behind. Quills
Rejoice Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person. Having neither to weigh thoughts, nor measure words, but to pour them all out just as they are, chaff and grain. Together knowing that a faithful hand, will take and sift them, with the breath of kindness, then blow the rest away...George Eliot Reflect Are you such a friend? Do you have such a friend?
Word of the DAY ---------------- peripeteia ---------------- Definition: (noun) A sudden change of events or reversal of circumstances, especially in a literary work. Synonyms: peripety Usage: The novel's moment of peripeteia arrives when the king orders the hero released from the dungeon and honors him with a parade.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Cyril Connolly -------------------------------------------- Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. Barbara Kingsolver --------------------------------------------- Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted. Jules Renard
Today's Birthday William Shakespeare (1564) Though his true date of birth remains unknown, the birthday of famed playwright and poet William Shakespeare is traditionally observed on April 23, the same day on which he died 52 years later. Since his death, his plays, such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, have been performed and studied all over the world. Some scholars have speculated that Shakespeare did not write all of the works attributed to him. Who do they suggest was responsible for authorizaion?