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Linger for a moment on... • John O'Donohue •

Tom Gault Fabulous Scottish cartoonist Many years as an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post.

I never removed anyone from my life, But they all died in the accident of trust. Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free.” — Margaret Atwood

My silence is full of conversations.

virginia woolf's 1931 new years resolutions: “to have none. not to be tied. to be free & kindly with myself. sometimes to read, sometimes not to read. to go out, yes—but stay at home in spite of being asked. as for clothes, i think to buy good ones”

“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke ‘em down to nothing.” ― Tom Waits

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born. Albert Einstein

“Whenever I see someone with an abundance of empathy I want to ask what heartbreak they have endured, for compassion is often birthed in the valley of despair.” — Zoe Clark-Coates [ Art • “Burn Out” by avogado6_jp ]

Pause for a moment, and read... R.S. Thomas

Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner's closest friends have released a joint statement to The Associated Press, paying tribute to the couple. It is signed by Billy and Janice Crystal, Albert and Kimberly Brooks, Martin Short, Alan and Robin Zweibel, Larry David and Ashley Underwood, Marc Shaiman and Lou Mirabal, Barry and Diana Levinson, and AmbassadorJames Costos and Michael Smith. "Going to the movies in a dark theater filled with strangers having a common experience, laughing, crying, screaming in fear, or watching an intense drama unfold is still an unforgettable thrill. Tell us a story audiences demand of us. Absorbing all he had learned from his father Carl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not only was a great comic actor, he became a master story teller. There is no other director who has his range. From comedy to drama to 'mockumentary' to documentary he was always at the top of his game. He charmed audiences. They trusted him. They lined up to see his films. "His comedic touch was beyond compare, his love of getting the music of the dialogue just right, and his sharpening of the edge of a drama was simply elegant. For the actors, he loved them. For the writers he made them better. His greatest gift was freedom. If you had an idea, he listened, he brought you into the process. They always felt they were working as a team. To be in his hands as a film maker was a privilege but that is only part of his legacy. Rob was also a passionate, brave citizen, who not only cared for this country he loved, he did everything he could to make it better and with his loving wife Michele, he had the perfect partner. Strong and determined, Michele and Rob Reiner devoted a great deal of their lives for the betterment of our fellow citizens... They were a special force together-dynamic, unselfish and inspiring. We were their friends, and we will miss them forever. "There is a line from one of Rob’s favorite films, 'It's a Wonderful Life,' 'Each man's life touches so many other lives, and when he isn't around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?' You have no idea." 📸: Neilson Barnard / Getty Images

"I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,' I heard a bird sing In the dark of December." - Oliver Herford

One of my favorite lines ever. We burn with longing. We have a memory of another world. We long for it and search for it in everything. A far off country, a better land, our true home.

C.S. Lewis, how we are shaped by writers

"I need solitude. I need space. I need air. I need the empty fields round me, and my legs pounding along roads, and sleep, and animal existence." -Virginia Woolf

PHOTO OF THE DAY. John Lennon photographed in the Dakota Building by Annie Leibovitz on 8 December 1980.

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