When Hemingway killed himself he put a period at the end of his life. Old age is more like a semicolon.
– Kurt Vonnegut
Read more about the lovely, misused semi-colon at NYTimes.com
Quote of the Day
Quote of the day
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
-Bertrand Russell
Quote of the day
“In the Old Country we have a thaying,” Igor volunteered
“A what?”
“A thaying. We thay, ‘If you don’t want the monthter you don’t pull the lever.'”
– Igor to Moist Von Lipwig, Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Quote of the day
I am a part of all that I have met
– Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Something to remember for those dark times when I’m feeling small: even the littlest thing, a smile, a nod, holding the door for someone, can make a difference.
Quote of the day
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
-Raymond Chandler
I thought this apt as I struggle with how to interweave my various plot threads. No word count update today. I’ve been scribbling by hand the past few days which is very physically satisfying but not so easy to keep track of.