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Ecclesiastes 1:18 ~ "What is to give light must endure burning" - Viktor Frankl
under the bridge today. no goats, just me and my little riddle. business is slow.
“For whatsoever from one place doth fall, Is with the tide unto an other brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.” - Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Sci-fi’s essential purpose is warning. Fantasy’s essential purpose is reminding.
'I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"The greatest obstacle to sanctity is not the world or the devil, but the self-love that clings to its own will. - Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
"There must, whether the gods see it or not, be something great in the mortal soul. For suffering, it seems, is infinite, and our capacity without limit." - C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
people think writing is about being smart but actually it's about being honest which is way harder
companies seem to genuinely not understand or believe that the general public holds immense disdain for this kind of stuff. AI is a tool and that's it. it cannot and should not be replacing human to this extent, especially in a fashion magazine. people want to see real people.
Vogue’s August issue has begun to use “AI models” instead of human models for some of their photoshoots.
Doctor: try to reduce stress - do you have hobbies? Me: yep, just started a stack of russian literature Doctor:
“Attention is not just receptive, but actively creative of the world we inhabit.” Iain McGilchrist
I think earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and Earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself. -CS Lewis, The Great Divorce [Preface]
The manger was an ark. Jesus is an ark. He walks on water.
i keep thinking if i say the right sentence it’ll undo the curse
One of Fred Rogers’ favorite quotes, which often hung on his office wall, is from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
holistic girls: what do you all do for hormone migraines/headaches? they have gotten worse as I've gotten older and I'm desperate. any recommendations? does magnesium actually work?
"I said not long before that work and weakness are comforters. But sweat is the kindest creature of the three - far better than philosophy as a cure for ill thoughts." - C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces
Read "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis in one day - speechless
“A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity