Meme Day Six: A Quote
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erastesDay one: a song
Day two: a picture
Day three a book
Day four: a site
Day five a youtube clip
Day six:(today!) a quote
Day seven: whatever tickles your fancy
My favourite quotes come from Robert Heinlein's Intermissions, in the Notebooks of Lazarus Long from "Time Enough for Love" which is my favourite comfort book in the entire world and one I never seem to have a copy of as I'm always giving it away.
There are so many wonderful quotes there, and I have to say that my life is pretty much built on them. I read the book first when I was sixteen, and was hugely influenced by it, it opened my mind to the concept that love is universal and should be entirely inclusive.
Some of the quotes are fairly obvious:
Never try to out stubborn a cat
When handling a stinging insect, move very slowly
But others are more a way of life:
Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.
Some of them really reflect my sarcasm on life. I wonder if I was like this before I read the notebooks, or whether the Notebooks made me this way:
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: “Of course It is none of my business but--” is to place a period after the word “but.” Don’t use excessive force in supplying such moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
My second favourite is:
The more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had Time Enough, he could Love all of the majority who are decent and just.
(although sadly, I tend to slide off the scale and often love the indecent.)
But this is what I'll have on my tombstone, thank you.
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
Day two: a picture
Day three a book
Day four: a site
Day five a youtube clip
Day six:(today!) a quote
Day seven: whatever tickles your fancy
My favourite quotes come from Robert Heinlein's Intermissions, in the Notebooks of Lazarus Long from "Time Enough for Love" which is my favourite comfort book in the entire world and one I never seem to have a copy of as I'm always giving it away.
There are so many wonderful quotes there, and I have to say that my life is pretty much built on them. I read the book first when I was sixteen, and was hugely influenced by it, it opened my mind to the concept that love is universal and should be entirely inclusive.
Some of the quotes are fairly obvious:
Never try to out stubborn a cat
When handling a stinging insect, move very slowly
But others are more a way of life:
Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.
Some of them really reflect my sarcasm on life. I wonder if I was like this before I read the notebooks, or whether the Notebooks made me this way:
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: “Of course It is none of my business but--” is to place a period after the word “but.” Don’t use excessive force in supplying such moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
My second favourite is:
The more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had Time Enough, he could Love all of the majority who are decent and just.
(although sadly, I tend to slide off the scale and often love the indecent.)
But this is what I'll have on my tombstone, thank you.
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
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