@interalia626 I had the pleasure of meeting her and hearing her speak many years ago.
Some more good quotes on courage.
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” - Nelson Mandela
"Courage isn't the matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." - Doctor Who
"We attempted a pie this week. Because fall got the best of us. We’re not being hard on ourselves when we say it wasn’t great. The frozen dough was fine. We’re not sure we used the right kind of sugar. And did we forget the egg wash? But here’s the thing. Paired with enough quality vanilla ice cream, it was delicious. That’s what’s great about baking. Even failure ends in dessert."
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
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From @ steven on Instagram, by way of The Daily Valet newsletter
“Everyone needs things to look forward to — big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive.”
– SOPHIE BLACKALL
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"In such times one realizes to what a sad species of animal one belongs." - Albert Einstein
“There are two worlds: the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world we feel with our hearts and imagination.”
– LEIGH HUNT
Be Water, My Friend. Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. -Bruce Lee
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"November is the pearl-grey month, the changeling between warm crimson October and cold white December, the month when the leaves fall in slow drifting whirls, and the shapes of the trees are revealed, when the earth imperceptibly wakes, and stretches her bare limbs and displays her stubborn unconquerable strength before she settles uneasily into winter. November is secret and silent."
~ Alison Uttley
Art: Lucy Grossmith, “Angel Owl"
"Grimalkin"
"A grimalkin, also known as a greymalkin, is an archaic term for a cat. The term stems from "grey" (the colour) plus "malkin", an archaic term with several meanings (a low class woman, a weakling, a mop, or a name) derived from a hypocoristic form of the female name Maud. Scottish legend makes reference to the grimalkin as a faery cat that dwells in the highlands.'
'During the early modern period, the name grimalkin – and cats in general – became associated with the devil and witchcraft. Women tried as witches in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries were often accused of having a familiar, frequently a grimalkin."
TO THE WINDOW TO THE WALL I DON'T PRACTICE SANTERIA I AINT GOT NO CRYSTAL BALL
"Don't get afraid, get angry." - Susan Sto Helit