Maybe the lucky ones are the hidden figures. … The motto of the philosopher Epicurus, which was taken up by the great essayist Montaigne as well, was lathe biōsas. Live in obscurity. The French saying, Pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés: “In order to live happily, live hidden.” This is not to say you must be poor or a failure. You can still be extraordinary. You just don’t have to be the most extraordinary....
I ran across this post on the Neil Gaiman blog yesterday and I’m quoting it in its entirety, crossing my fingers, hoping Kelton Wright won’t mind. Her advice exudes big sister authority, kindness and clarity all at once, making me wish I read her when I was hurt and confused. Kelton’s original post is here. She also has a book. Anonymous asked: Hey. I am a 29 yr old female who for a slew of reasons happens to be completely inexperienced in matters of love/sex....
As I was reading David Suchet’s memoirs of his awesome Poirot run, I ran across this awesome Agatha Christie quote, echoing Stephen Pressfield (or actually presaging him …) on turning pro and doing the work. That was the moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you are writing, and aren’t writing particularly well....
(My toast at Nuts’ communion reception on the 3rd of January, 2016 … posted for posterity) Hello! Good Evening to all you warm folks … and a Happy New Year! That gorgeous girl (sorry not this one – that one) over there is my wife of four years :) She is Natanya’s much, older cousin :) Which is how I met Natanya four years ago. I wanted her to be my flower girl, but when I saw her, it was love at first sight and I asked her to marry me instead!...
It’s been two months since we checked you in. Four, since we figured out what was eating you alive. A year and two months, since we started battling it. You’ve been so brave, through it all! Through scans and needles and burning meds Sleepless nights, and broken muscles, and A lost voice, unable to eat, to speak And even though you’re tired, I’m so glad we made it through....
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” –Francis Bacon