Attributed to Mark Twain:
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
It’s a whole other reason for me not to lie, or obscure the truth. Much too difficult to keep up with all the fabrications anyway, even if I am a first-class fibber. And I really am.
I’ve often wondered how I developed the skill, when growing up I never had any good reason to lie. Very few things were forbidden to me, and if they ever were, I always found ways around the obstacles.
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I’m on one of my quotations/poetry compulsions. So bear with me. Who knows? Perhaps you’ll derive even a modicum of the pleasure/inspiration I receive.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Oh, I don’t know. The older I get, the more I just want to fold. This is meant to be encouraging but I can’t help dwelling on how much I’ve failed at this. Miserable.
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Albert Einstein:
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
This reminds me of being a child, when everything was fresh, new and exciting. And when everyone didn’t seem to mind answering all of my questions. Now, my questions are usually construed as rhetorical, or inconsequential.
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Oscar Wilde:
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
Along the same vein as Mr. Emerson up there. It’s a fine thing to write about, but in practice it is so arduous. And I’ve already mentioned several times before how tired I am.
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Robert A. Heinlein:
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
And this, this just made me chuckle.
Jaena Rae 