Mike Duran
dCONSTRUCT
Oh great gods, how far he lies from his destination! -- Fellini, Satyricon
Alas! Man's vices, horrible as they are supposed to be, contain the positive proof of his taste for the infinite. -- Baudelaire
The doubts of some are more indicative of a love for truth than the belief of others. -- John Ker
When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name. -- Charles Spurgeon
Too much abuse has gone on for too long. -- Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver
True friends stab you in the front. -- Oscar Wilde
The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. -- Jacques Barzun
Stories are relics, part of an undiscovered pre-existing world. -- Stephen King
All beneficent and creative power gathers itself together in silence, ere it issues out in might. -- James Martineau
It is much better to know something about everything, than everything about something. -- Pascal
How will we open the eyes of the dead, when we are hollow? -- Project 86, Truthless Heroes
dCOMPOSITIONS
There are, naturally, feelings that one cannot render. -- Degas
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. -- Charles Dickens
The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language. -- Frederick Buechner
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution. -- Homer Simpson
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church. -- Martin Luther
When I am king you will be first against the wall. -- Radiohead, OK Computer
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice. -- G.K. Chesterton
Trust the evolutionary process. It's all going to work out all right. -- Timothy Leary
May I stand until death forever at attention -- John Berryman
Action to relieve suffering is the abortion of karma. -- Os Guiness
dCOMPOSERS
- Faith in Fiction
- Relevant Mag
- Ship of Fools
- Gina Holmes' Blog
- Looking Closer
- Mary Yerkes
- Ane Mulligan
- Thunderstruck
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dPOSITORY
Essential Reading
Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution? -- St. Francis de Sales
Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast must stability. -- Samuel Johnson
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. -- Woody Allen
Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. -- G.K. Chesterton
For well you know that it's a fool, who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder. -- The Beatles