Category Archives: nonconformity

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

There are two basic ways to help humanity. One: get married, and devote yourself to raising a good family. Two: devote yourself to helping humanity in general. I chose the latter path. ~Leo Buscaglia

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Posted on February 5, 2019 by

I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe. ~Louisa May Alcott

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Posted on November 8, 2018 by

I have no children, I do not watch television, and I do not believe in God — all paths taken by mortals to make their lives easier. Children help us to defer the painful task of confronting ourselves, and grandchildren … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 28, 2018 by

Some things are more beautiful because they don’t belong to anyone or anything. ~Nikita Gill

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Posted on January 4, 2018 by

My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness. ~Virginia Woolf

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Posted on October 19, 2017 by

If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I’m neurotic as hell. I’ll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days. ~Sylvia Plath

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Posted on July 7, 2017 by

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. ~Bertrand Russell

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