"“The dead don’t stay where they are buried. . . . You may meet the dead anywhere.” ......Treated (as some adults do treat children) as if he is older than his years...Here is a grievous portrait, grievous most of all in its unforgetting attention; grievous most of all in its kindness. This is what a … Continue reading Doubting Uncle
Tag: character
Joan Didion on Self-Respect
"Nonetheless, character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs......Again, it is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has its price. People who respect themselves are willing to accept the risk that the Indians will be hostile, that the venture will go bankrupt, that the liaison may … Continue reading Joan Didion on Self-Respect
Santa James
"Slowly, in this town of 25,000 mostly retirees and blue-collar workers, where untethered wanderers roll off Interstate 40 like so many tumbleweeds, residents let down their guard for one peculiar 68-year-old man few call James or Zyla. Here, he’s Santa James." —John M. Glionna, "A homeless man wandered in one day, and this Arizona town … Continue reading Santa James
Openness & Discernment
"The undiscerning mind is like the root of the tree, it absorbs equally everything it touches, even the poison that would kill it."—Kung Fu (television series) Recently, I got into an online discussion where someone was trying to convince me that I should listen to some podcast that explained some current conspiracy related to the … Continue reading Openness & Discernment
Soft Fruit
"Most people are neither bad apples nor good eggs, but soft fruit that can easily turn from ripe to rotten." —Baggini, Julian. "There is no one either good or bad, but circumstances make them so." The Independent. June 5, 2010.
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