Today’s Quote: Emerson said reading him caused a “tingling in the blood.”
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
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You should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. Willy Wonka, paraphrasing a line from Helaire Beloc’s “The Microbe” (1897)
“Barebone affirmative defenses have always been deficient,” he told the court.
My clients see it all the time. They look at defenses raised in writing by the other side and say things like, “What does that mean?” My typical response to my clients (without waiving any attorney-client privilege) is usually, “Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” “Barebone affirmative defenses have always been deficient,” he told the court. To show […]
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
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Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart
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Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life. Anne Roiphe, writer
Gloryland
If you have friends in Gloryland Who left because of pain Thank God up there, they’ll die no more They’ll suffer not again Then weep not friends I’m going home Gloryland, Ralph Stanley, and The Clinch Mountain Boys Trial lawyers become experts in the circumstances just before and after the end of life. Some deaths […]
Today’s Word: Eucatastrophe
A sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story.
Happy Short Story Month!
Short Story Month is a month dedicated to the short story form. It is celebrated by readers and authors alike: the former set out to read as many short stories as possible, while the latter typically set a goal for how many short stories they’ll write. The overachievers often write a short story per day. […]
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You can only understand people if you feel them yourself. John Steinbeck