Perplexities & Passages
A collection of thoughts and quotations that slant, bend, twist, provoke, perplex ... Topics range widely, focusing on health, information, librarianship, technology, ethics, advocacy, accessibility and more. Collected by Patricia F. Anderson.
Aug 9, 2008
10:40am
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If I become subjective about pain, no matter what causes it, then it becomes destructive, not creative. Colette said to a young poet who complained to her that he was unhappy, “Mais personne ne t’a demandé d’être heureux. Travaille!
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L’Engle, Madeleine. A Circle of Quiet. NY: Crosswicks, (c) 1972, p. 53.
Translation: “But no one asked you to be happy. Work!”
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