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When you’re a writer, you spend thousands of hours alone with whatever you choose to use for your stories: notebook and pencil, typewriter and ribbon of ink (old school!) or laptop and keyboard. Voices and landscapes and memories fill the pages, while the writer lives inside an imaginary world, seeing what no one else is seeing at that moment, trying to make sure readers see the people and places we’re creating.

But then your book of stories or poems, or your novel or memoir, is published, and you enter the world of readers, the people who matter most. I always tell my students and readers, around the world, that writers sometimes lead secretive, private lives, wherein they hide their work in a drawer in an attic, like Emily Dickinson, or never send that computer file to anyone. But most of us write because we want people to see our worlds, hear our voices and those of our characters – as Ernest J. Gaines, one of my favorite writers said, “I wrote because I didn’t see my people on the shelves at the library.” That quote kept me going for four years while I wrote my last book, a memoir about six generations of women who found their dreams in Southern California, and one of the first people I saw in the audience of the book launch, in Riverside, was CelenaDiana Bumpus, whose radiant brown eyes and perfect spiral curls and big smile greeted me, as she always did, when we talked about writing and mothers.

Author Susan Straight, a Riverside native, has a new memoir, “In the Country of Women.” (Courtesy of Felisha Carrasco)

Ms. Bumpus was my dream person to run into at Ralph’s every week, where she would be shopping for her beloved mother, with whom she lived until both passed away in February, in Riverside. I would be shopping for my beloved father, and we’d stand in the aisles – in 2019 and early 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic – and chat for a long time about how we handled life, caring for family and writing in the time we had. Ms. Bumpus came to every event I did in Riverside, and we talked about poetry, voice, form, and always, always, about how we loved to pass on craft and imagination to people who wanted to write.

Some writers lead solitary lives because that feeds their souls. Some writers, like Ms. Bumpus and like me, love to teach, love to tell stories to new readers and students, and love to hear other people’s tales.

CelenaDiana Bumpus taught hundreds of people in Southern California how to love their own words and images and stories. She was a participant in Inlandia’s workshops for many years, at the Riverside Public Library. For the last 10 years, CelenaDiana led an Inlandia workshop, Poets in Motion, through the Janet Goeske Senior Center. She was a member of Inlandia’s Black Voices Steering Committee. A survivor of metastatic breast cancer, she heard her students�� voices.

Mary-Lynne Monroe remembers, “Finding CelenaDiana’s online class was a magnificent stroke of luck. My participation began after completing cancer treatments last June. CelenaDiana spoke candidly of our shared journey. Her support was palpable. Her caring open invitation to simply be there kept me returning. She fashioned her Zoom classes as a welcoming place for everyone, so much so that our group included people from across the US and the UK. Her laughter was infectious and her critiques of participants’ work were always upbeat.”

CelenaDiana was also the author of the poetry collection, “Confessions” (1998, The Inevitable Press), with work included in “Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape” (2014, Scarecrow Press), “Verse/Chorus: A Call and Response Anthology” (2013, Scarecrow Press), “San Bernardino, Singing” (2020, Inlandia Books), “Orangelandia: The Literature of California Citrus” (2014, Inlandia Books), and multiple issues of the Writing from Inlandia anthologies.

Another former student, Constance Jameson, recalls, “Her attributes of caring, kindness and patience were especially important in helping the older individuals in the writing groups held at the Goeske Center. I learned much about writing and poetry in Celena’s workshops — from her writing prompts, information presented, and sharing done by our many interesting, talented class members.”

Writers love the perfect phrase, and I can’t think of a better way to pay tribute to a beloved reader and writer like CelenaDiana than this, from author Gayle Brandeis: “On January 21, less than a month before her death, CelenaDiana posted her final tweet: You either die a simile or live long enough to become a metaphor. CelenaDiana was and will remain a beautiful metaphor.”

Remembering the ‘always smiling’ CelenaDiana Bumpus

Writing workshop for Black women builds words, community

Balancing a creative life takes discipline and organization

Writing rejuvenates the brain as much as pumping iron rejuvenates the body

At 2 p.m. on April 11, Inlandia will be hosting a virtual remembrance of CelenaDiana. To RSVP, please visit: tinyurl.com/RememberingCelenaDiana.

When I finish my next book, and I read in an auditorium somewhere in Riverside, I will look out into the crowd and miss seeing the brilliant smile and mobile face of CelenaDiana Bumpus, lover of words, the kind of reader we dream about. But every few days, when I’m in Ralph’s buying groceries for my family and my parents, I will think of her, finding joy and stories amid the shelves with me.

Susan Straight’s memoir, “In the Country of Women”, was a national bestseller. Her new novel, “Mecca”, will be published in March 2022.

-on March 05, 2021 at 12:00AM by Susan Straight

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food-and-culture-by-elze · 5 years ago

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The History of a Drink

“After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.“

Oscar Wilde

According to A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition, absinthe is a “herb liqueur flavoured with wormwood”. However, this emerald green spirit is not usually known for its ingredients. It is infamous for its bad reputation, misunderstanding, controversiality that have been weighing its name down for centuries.

History

Throughout the years, wormwood had become a frequent component of different medicine, mostly for its anti-inflammatory compounds (Indigo Herbs, 2018). However, the first person to use the herb for the making of an alcoholic drink was a Swiss man - Dr. Ordinaire (Absinthe101, 2017). During the French revolution time, he developed a recipe for something that we now call absinthe. In his deathbed, he gave the secret away to his sisters, who later on sold it to Henri-Louis Pernod. After that, Pernod was able to successfully open distilleries in Switzerland and France, gaining popularity for the green elixir and quickly becoming one of the most influential names in the absinthe franchise, even to this day. Back then, absinthe was not consumed only for leisure purposes. Doctors treated French soldiers’ malaria with the green spirit. However, because of massive shortage of wine, by 1910, absinthe quickly grew into the drink of choice for artists, writers, intellectuals (Cranmer, 2019).

L’heure verte (“Green hour”) soon became a part of every bohemian’s evening. Everyday, at 5PM, they had what we now call “The happy hour” where the green fairy flowed freely, intoxicating many. The French absolutely loved absinthe, which lead to other countries picking it up as well. Spain, Czech Republic quickly became hot-spots of the drink. The spirit that started off as a medicine to treat illnesses was now motivated by experiential, utilitarian factors (Charters 2006). People drank it to intoxicate themselves (as wine was not as widely available). Absinthe was also enjoyed as an experience – the ritual attracted many individuals.

Cros, C. (n.d.). L'heure verte

Absinthe was a major muse to many writers, artists and is up to now considered the drink of literature (Ciabattari, 2014). Oscar Wilde, Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway all regularly indulged in the drink, believing that it affected their creativity, helping them create their masterpieces, which made them famous (Hopkins, 2014).

What happened?

After years of heavy drinking, different issues started coming up. More and more people were sick with deadly illnesses, such as epilepsy, tuberculosis. Since the drink of choice at that time was absinthe, everyone started putting the blame on the components of the spirit, not the amount of it consumed. In 1905, a tragic event took place, which resulted in absinthe being banned in most countries (Swigonski, 2013). A heavily intoxicated man killed his wife and two daughters and according to him, the Green Fairy was the one to hold accountable. The murderer was explaining about the hallucinations that made him commit the crime and from then on, everyone started to believe that absinthe causes hallucinations. However, it does not. Thujone – a chemical component of some plants and herbs that are used in the recipe of absinthe was rumoured to bring people vivid dreams and make them see things, that were not real. Briefly, the dose of thujone in the spirit is simply not enough to attract hallucinations. On the other hand, the high content of alcohol absinthe has can easily lead people to a high level of intoxication (Marcelis, 2017).

Absinthe today

Since 2007, absinthe remains legal worldwide (Absinthe 101). Now, absinthe is not widely consumed among the population. It is mostly served in bars, that specialise in absinthe. A great example of those is a bar/museum “The Last Tuesday Society” based in London. There everyone can choose from a wide variety of absinthes to try. They also organise absinthe tastings, where a specialist introduces the visitors to the history of the spirit and lets them taste all different types of the drink. As well as that, they have the “L’heure verte”, which through out the years was moved onto a later time – 6PM (The Last Tuesday Society, 2019).

Personal photo: me in front of the Last Tuesday Society

The absinthe ritual

Perhaps the most mysterious, fascinating part of drinking absinthe is what is called the absinthe ritual. From historical evidence, it is known that every person, who drank absinthe, enjoyed it with an absinthe ritual - no matter of their social class, income, age or gender (Absinthes, 2019). This activity is still commonly practised in absinthe bars today. So what is the absinthe ritual?

Firstly, a fountain with ice cold water is vital for the ritual. If not mixed into cocktails, absinthe is usually drunk with cold water. Secondly, a special absinthe spoon has to be balanced on the glass, with a sugar cube on top. The purpose of the water fountain is to slowly let the ice water drip into absinthe. This part cannot be performed quickly or sped up, because all the essential oils, ingredients need a chance to let out their aromas. As the water drips onto the sugar, it starts to collapse, falling into the green spirit, because of the holes in the absinthe spoon. When all sugar is dissolved, the drinker may stop the water fountain and enjoy their drink.

The ritual is what attracts most people to try absinthe. It is very aesthetic, fun and different. Although, some people consider the ritual to be the only joy of drinking absinthe, the drink itself is very unique and worth trying (Sangvhi, 2010).

My experience with absinthe

If I had to choose my poison of choice, without a doubt, I would pick absinthe. I first tried absinthe about a year ago. I did it, because I am a fan of trying new, infamous foods and drinks, putting myself into discomfort zones. Previously, I had heard that absinthe causes hallucinations, that it is so strong that one drink will knock a person out. I wanted to clarify these opinions myself and I was pleasantly surprised to know that none of the things I had known about absinthe before were true. I enjoy the drink, because of its taste. Mixing it with water and sugar, it sounds as a very strange, yet simple combination, but the taste is so unique. It gives you different sensations too. Compared with other alcohol, which burns your throat, absinthe softly pinches your tongue, numbing it. As well as that, the absinthe ritual is glamorous. I love sitting next to a large absinthe fountain, watching the cold water slowly drip into absinthe, changing its colour into pale green. It takes me a few centuries back, making me feel that I am sitting amongst a group of bohemians, discussing the books we have recently read, diving deeper into the poetry books by famous writers.

The Absinthe Ritual - Photo taken by me

References:

Absinthe. (2014). In A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. Retrieved from www.oxfordreference.com.

Absinthe101. (2017). The History of Absinthe. Retrieved from www.absinthe101.com

Absinthes. (2019). The Classic French Absinthe Ritual. Retrieved from www.absinthes.com/en/absinthe-encyclopedia/the-absinthe-ritual/the-classic-french-absinthe-ritual/

Charters, S. (2006). Wine and Society. Retrieved from www.dawsonera-com.libaccess.hud.ac.uk

Ciabattari, J (2014). Absinthe: How the Green Fairy became literature’s drink. Retrieved from www.bbc.com

Cranmer, M (2019). The history of absinthe, the once forbidden drink. Retrieved from www.https://www.thegoodlifefrance.com

Cros, C. (n.d.). L'heure verte. Retrieved from www.arbrealettres.wordpress.com.

Hopkins, A (2014). The 10 most famous absinthe drinkers. Retrieved from www.thespiritsbusiness.com

Indigo Herbs. (2018). Wormwood Benefits. Retrieved from www.indigo-herbs.co.uk

Marcelis, D. (2017, November 25). Absinthe’s popularity is just a hallucination. Weekend Australian. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.libaccess.hud.ac.uk

Sangvhi, V (2010). I suspect that the joy of drinking absinthe lies in the rituals rather than the taste. Retrieved from http://virsanghvi.com/Article-Details.aspx?key=533

Swigonski, F (2013). Why Was Absinthe Banned For 100 Years? A Mystery As Murky As the Liquor Itself. Retrieved from www.mic.com

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lifebydesign66 · 5 years ago

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LGBT Pride Month, observed in June, is celebrated around the U.S. with parades and activism events. At the same time, many people do not know Pride Month’s origin, which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots — a demonstration which blazed the trail for activists across the country.

In 1970, the first Gay Pride marches took place in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. There has been a lot of progress since then, but LGBT advocates are still working toward a future without discrimination in the workplace and beyond.

Here are some powerful quotes from changemakers who are have contributed to the movement for LGBT equality:

“The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody.” — Rita Mae Brown

“This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.” — Ellen Page

“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” — Author Ernest J. Gaines

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Life Quotes

Concise quotations on life, love, and friendship - the wisest and the funniest! Life quotes from writers and poets, comedians and scientists, life quotes from gurus and philosophers, soldiers and statesmen.

Knowledge without Action is useless. Action without Knowledge is foolishness. Sai Baba

The man who does things makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing. Benjamin Franklin

There is nothing more liberating than age. Liz Carpenter

A man should never be ashamed to admit he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Alexander Pope

A true apology is more than just acknowledgement of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damage a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored. Norman Vincent Peale

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Confucius

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or the life of another. Helen Keller

I have tried simply to write the best I can; sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. Ernest Hemingway

A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely. Karen Kaiser Clark

The best index to a person' character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. Abigail Van Buren

There are two lasting legacies we can hope to give to our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Mark Twain

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

Don't find fault. Find a remedy. Henry Ford

Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own. Chinese proverb

Curiosity is the key to creativity. Akio Morita

Disappointment should be cremated, not embalmed. Henry S Haskins

It takes less time to do a thing right that it does to explain why you did it wrong. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The man who really wants to do something finds a way; the other man makes an excuse.

Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those I authority off their guard and give you opportunity to commit more.

Mark Twain

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. Winston Churchill

Let us be grateful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves. Chinese proverb

A genius! For thirty-seven years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius! Pablo Sarasate

Often genius is just another way of spelling perseverance

Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together. George Lichtenberg

If people knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all. Michelangelo

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Robert South

A man generally has the good or ill qualities he attributes to mankind. William Shenstone

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Marcus Aurelius

True goodness springs from a man's heart. All men are born good. Confucius

The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality. Kahlil Gibran

Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured. Ann Landers

Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid. Albert Schweitzer

Only a life lived in the service of others is worth living. Albert Einstein

He who has health has hope. And he who has hope has everything. Arabian proverb

The best sense of humour belongs to the man who can laugh at himself.

Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth - a sense of humour.

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it, except the power of another idea.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the whole world. Albert Einstein

Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this. Eleanor Roosevelt

What's a man's first duty? The answer's brief: to be himself. Henrik Ibsen

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. Ethel Barrymore

The two best physicians of them all - Dr Laughter and Dr Sleep. Gregory Dean

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. George Bernard Shaw

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

It's not how things turn out - it's the joy of doing it! Barbra Streisand

Life is good only when it is magical and musical, a perfect timing and consent, and when we do not anatomise it. You must treat the days respectfully...You must hear the bird's song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are two things to aim for in life: first to get when you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith

Do whatever comes your way to do as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself. Think as much as possible about other people. Dwell on things that are interesting. Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. Eleanor Roosevelt

Loneliness is a state of mind.

Luck is being ready for the chance.

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

You know, by the time you've reached my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. Ronald Reagan

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. Ernest Hemingway

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more. Lord Byron

To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. William Blake

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. General Douglas MacArthur

God help those that help themselves. Benjamin Franklin

When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. Winston Churchill

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. Lucille Ball

There is not enough darkness in the whole world to extinguish the light of one small candle. Spanish proverb

If there was nothing wrong in the world, there wouldn't be anything for us to do.

George Bernard Shaw

A problem well stated is a problem half solved. Charles Franklin Kettering

Those things that hurt, instruct. Benjamin Franklin

Remember, without that uncomfortable bit of grit, the oyster would not produce those priceless pearls.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't regret anything I've ever done, so long as I enjoyed it at the time. Katherine Hepburn

One's religion is whatever one is most interested in. J M Barrie

I am a deeply religious unbeliever. Albert Einstein

The important thing is not what they think of me, it is what I think of them. Queen Victoria

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. Julie Andrews

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. Andrew Carnegie

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Aldous Huxley

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung

Your goal is to find out who you are.

If you put a small value upon yourself you can be sure that the world will not raise your price.

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. May Sarton

Sorrows are our best educators. A man can see further through a tear than through a telescope.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the power of the mind. Marcel Proust

Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. Oscar Wilde

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. Michel de Montaigne

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

Sympathy is thinking with your heart.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. Abraham Lincoln

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins. Albert Schweitzer

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion which makes horse races. Mark Twain

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. Harry S Truman

The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. G K Chesterton

Thank God - every morning when you get up - that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. Charles Kingsley

Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. Voltaire

If you can't get the job you want, accept any work you can get and do your very best. You could be surprised where it leads.

Work is much more fun than fun. Noel Coward

My grandfather once told me there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group - there was much less competition. Indira Gandhi

Without work all life goes rotten. Albert Camus

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Robert Frost

I've shut the door on yesterday And thrown the key away - Tomorrow has no fears for me, Since I have found today. Vivian Y Laramore

Write in your heart that every day is the best day of the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be yourself. Nobody is better qualified.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. Samuel Johnson

Everybody knows if you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. Gertrude Stein

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace. Elbert Hubbard

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon

Although the world is full of suffering, it si full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller

It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers. James Thurber

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent. Publilius Syrus

Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

The future belongs to those who prepare for it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness. Mary Wollstonecraft

Humor is an affirmation of dignity; a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. Romain Gary

Only the disciplined are free. James C Penney

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. Amos B Alcott

Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans. A J Marshall

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality, not the quantity, of life. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Life consists of what man is thinking about all day. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. Emily Bronte

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Gandhi

There is no wealth but life. John Ruskin

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will create the fact. William James

In three words I an sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. Robert Frost

For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. Eleanor Roosevelt

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Without humility there can be no humanity. Sir John Buchan

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. Vittorio Alfieri

Life is a long lesson in humility. Sir James M Barrie

All doors are open to courtesy. Thomas Fuller

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them. Camillo Di Cavour

It is a greater compliment to be trusted than to be loved. George Macdonald

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps. Ernest Bramah

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James

A right is not what someone give you; it's what no one can take from you. Ramsey Clark

Never pay attention to what critics say. Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic. Jean Sibelius

Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. Spanish proverb

An obstinate man does not hold opinions - they hold him. Samuel Butler

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings tan to point out those of others. Jawaharlal Nehru

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. Marie von Ebner Eschenbach

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. Ann Landers

Absurdly improbable things happen in real life as well as in weak literature. Ada Leverson

The brightest things you ever say are those you think about the next day. Arnold Glasow

Never make a promise in haste. Mahatma Gandhi

Conversation is the art of telling people a little less than they want to know. Franklin P Jones

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. Agnes DeMille

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. William Den Howells

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. Stanislaus Lezcynski

There is nothing so strong as gentleness, and there is nothing so gentle as real strength. St Francis de Sales

In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie von Ebner Eschenbach

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred Thomas Jefferson

He who praises everybody, praises nobody. James Boswell

Little things affect little minds. Benjamin Disraeli

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. William Hazlitt

The easiest person to deceive is one's own self. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Even nectar is poison if taken in excess. Hindu proverb

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a labourer's hand. Kahlil Gibran

It requires more courage to suffer than to die. Napoleon Bonaparte

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. Erma Bombeck

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live a car battery. Erma Bombeck

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, "Never mind! I'll do it myself." Erma Bombeck

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. Josh Billings

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. Josh Billings

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. Josh Billings

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. Josh Billings

Bore: a person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambose Bierce

Acquaintance: A person whom we know Ambrose Bierce

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me. Ambrose Bierce

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. Henry Ward Beecher

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. Henry Ward Beecher

I never knew how to worship unit I knew how to live. Henry Ward Beecher

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that make us rich. Henry Ward Beecher

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James A Baldwin

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. James A Baldwin

Knowledge is power. Sir Francis Bacon

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. Sir Francis Bacon

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Sir Francis Bacon

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake. Sir Francis Bacon

He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Sir Francis Bacon

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The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Aristotle

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle

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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man isnot considered a good man because he is a good talker. Buddha

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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. Buddha

He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha

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It is better to travel well than to arrive. Buddha

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Character Asks - Peyton Sawyer, Buffy Summers, Jess Mariano, and Effy Stonem

Peyton:Why I like them: she cares DEEPLY about her friends and loved ones, she recognizes her mistakes,takes responsibility for her actions, she doesn’t take shit from anybody and is quite the sass queen tbh, Why I don’t: eh i don’t really /not/ like her but her attitude in season 5 was kind of rough sometimes (not that i didn’t understand it, but it was just the constant girl vs girl drama that pissed me off) Favorite episode (scene if movie): ugh idk man there are quite a lot but my absolute fave is probably 3x13Favorite season/movie: season 6Favorite line: This is who I am. This how I am. And 95% of the time there isn’t a moral, or a victory, or a silver lining. Take it or leave it. If you leave it then you’ll miss that other 5%.Favorite outfit: everything tbh but i’m still really in love with the vegas dress in 6x01OTP: leytonBrotp: paley, adult breytonHead Canon: peyton is bisexual Unpopular opinion: peyton associating with lucas didn’t bring out the worst in her, only in someone else lmaoA wish: seeing more of married!leyton and sawyer :/ bitterAn oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: married j*yton *michael scott voice*god pLs No GoD5 words to best describe them: iconic, empathetic, the best, beautiful, better than you My nickname for them: p. sawyer

Buffy:Why I like them: she’s badass and doesn’t care about like the popular labels at school like when cordelia was all over her but she chose to sit with the “less popular” girl willow she gained instant sympathy points from meWhy I don’t: i never disliked her only when she said ily to sp*ke in 7x22 ops Favorite episode (scene if movie): my memory of btvs is so bad sorryyyyFavorite season/movie: if i recall correctly season 1 and season 5 Favorite line: “i’m buffy the vampire slayer and who are you” “she irons her jeans, she’s evil!” “if the apocalypse comes, beep me!” “the hardest thing in this world is to live in it. be brave. live. for me” and so many more she literally has the most iconic quotes Favorite outfit: tbh that one dress she wore in the season 1 finale i think ? i can’t remember and when she wore angels black leather jacket dfhsjhOTP: bangelBrotp: scoobie gangHead Canon: don’t really have one Unpopular opinion: deserves better friends than w*illow/x*ander A wish: i’m quite happy with how the show ended tbh the romantic sp*ffy could have been left out thoAn oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: sp*ffy endgame ew fuck the comics tbh5 words to best describe them: iconic * 5 My nickname for them: idk buff ? lol

Jess:Why I like them: first of all…. he’s good looking lmao (i’m not superficial i promise) but i guess the kind of bad boy vibe was attractive when i first watched the show (compared to the bland and boring vibe dean was giving out) anyways i liked that he was into books and stuff which is kind of unusual for boys at least in the show lol idk man i just loved him okay he deserved betterWhy I don’t: i guess he was kind of impulsive sometimes, like he couldn’t control his emotions (when he put rory in a choose me or the other thing kind of situation or when he sexually assaulted her at that party) not cool :/

Favorite episode (scene if movie): like i said…….my memory isn’t that good of gg either lmaoFavorite season/movie: i don’t know…….sorryFavorite line: “you know what i mean. this isn’t you. i know you. i know you better than anyone”, “you know ernest has only lovely things to say about you”Favorite outfit: umm none of his outfits really stood out for me lmaoOTP: literatiBrotp: luke/jessHead Canon: don’t have oneUnpopular opinion: jess is still better than that blonde dick from yaleA wish: erasing the rebootAn oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: a season 2 of the reboot5 words to best describe them: broody, handsome, impulsive, caring and sassyMy nickname for them: -

Effy: Why I like them: i really don’t have an explanation for liking her i just do. like when i started watching this show i was like 15 or something? i don’t know i was just blinded by her recklessness and not giving a fuck about the world. i wanted to be as carefree as her, also i knew her face from tumblr already and idk Why I don’t: she’s kind of hard to read sometimes? like idk she says she’s in love with guy a but then she kisses guy b in front of him and the way she said to jj “blabla everybody loves me” like yikes. she was hurting people’s feelings a lot like not cool manFavorite episode (scene if movie): 4x07 as heartbreaking as it is this whole show is fucking depressing tbhFavorite season/movie: season ¼Favorite line: Sometimes I think I was born backwards, you know came out my mum the wrong way. I hear words go past me backwards. The people I should love I hate, and the people I hate…..Favorite outfit: her outfits were cool tbh but i don’t remember any of them lmaoOTP: freffyBrotp: i don’t have a THATS MY BROTP SHIP but i liked her with pandora and katie and emilyHead Canon: she’s still together with freddie lolUnpopular opinion: c*ffy is fucking trashA wish: for her to get out of prison and reunite with freddie (yes im bitter)An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: idk 5 words to best describe them: broken, complex, detached, beautiful, recklessMy nickname for them: eff

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