""Are you very frightened, Charlotte?"
""Of course not," I sputtered.
""Then how do you propose to be brave?"
""I am terrified, Miss Gourley."
""Good show, there's your first step. Remember, all must feel fear: The important thing is not to be ruled by it."
–– Ann-Marie MacDonald (b. 1958), Canadian playwright, author, actress, and broadcast host
Source: Ann-Marie MacDonald. Fayne. Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2022; p. 669.
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 32.
"Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever."
–– Lao Tzu (c. 500 BCE), Chinese philosopher and writer
Source: Tao Te Ching
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 34.
"When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life."
–– Eckhart Tolle (b. 1948), German spiritual teacher and writer
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 59.
"When we are not sure, we are alive."
–– Graham Greene (1904-1991), British writer, playwright, literary critic
via: Sketchbook M 13, 2024, 2025, p. 19.
"And the purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. You can do that only if you have curiosity, and unquenchable spirit of adventure."
–– Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), American author, activist, diplomat, political figure, and First Lady. Quote from: You Learn by Living. 1960.
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 48.
"It is better to live rich than die rich."
–– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English author
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 48.
"A painting is not about an experience. It is an experience."
–– Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Latvian-born American painter
via: Commonplace Book 2024, 2025, p. 48.
