Welcome to The Skim. I skim the news for things I want to read and things you may want to know about. (Get it? The skim…I amuse myself.) The quotation of the week goes to Jane Austen: “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerablyContinue reading “The Skim: 7 February 2015”
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Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you. —Mary Tyler Moore http://bit.ly/12HburP via @RealMTM @MarieForleo
Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are. Houssaye
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. Rita Mae Brown
If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. John Irving
