CONVERSATIONS 

ONE TO ONE - 

ONE WITH SELF

Quote for Today - December 12, 2010

"Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius."

Edward Gibbon [1737-1704]

Painting: "Conversation" by Eastman Johnson - [1824-1906] - American Painter

ON  WRITING

Quote for Today - December 12, 2010


"If you are going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you."


Dorothy Parker [1893-1967]

NOT KNOWING
WHAT  I  REALLY
WANT?

Quote for Today - December 10, 2010


"I know well what I am fleeing from
but not what I am in search of."


Michel de Montaigne [1533-1592]

READING

BETWEEN 

THE LIES

Quote for the Day -   December 9, 2010

"I keep reading between the lies."

Goodman Ace

IMMACULATE  

CONCEPTION

Quote for The Feast of the Immaculate Conception - December 8, 2010


"Indeed O Lord,
You and Your Mother,
are the only ones
who in every respect
are completly beautiful.
For in You, O Lord,
there is no corruption,
nor in Your Mother any stain."


St. Ephraem of Syria: Nisibene Songs: 27, 8, Fourth Century

Painting on top: Immaculate Conception, Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez, [1599-1660]

JURY  DUTY

Quote for Today - December 7,  2010


"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the best lawyer."

Robert Frost[1874-1963]

A GOOD WIFE

AND A GOOD JOB

Quote for Today - December 6, 2010


"The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me."

Howard Memerov, Writer's Digest, December 1988