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pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
“Nothing waits, and there is no rest, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
—James Parker, The New York Times, August 12, 2014
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Laurel and Hardy, Ariana Grande, or the Salvation Army Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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Date: 2019-08-01 09:15 pm (UTC)notasupervillain: Cat at computer (Default)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain IP Address: (95.147.53.95)
Well, that sums up how I feel about life. I wonder if that's a Millennial thing, though, or if everyone feels this way.
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Date: 2019-08-01 09:15 pm (UTC)pjthompson: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pjthompson IP Address: (2605:e000:5ac3:e900:98d6:863c:e90d:187f)
I have days where I feel like that. Today is one of those days. But I can't sustain the hopeless any more than I can sustain the hope. That's a personal thing, though. I don't know about the generational thing. And really? The older I get the more I realize how much I don't know about anything.
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Date: 2019-08-01 09:16 pm (UTC)notasupervillain: Cat at computer (Default)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain IP Address: (95.147.53.95)
Oh! I didn't feel the hopelessness of the quote at all. I felt the exhaustion of it.
Hopeless is Evil winning, or Good winning too late. This is something different, the knowledge that the only reward for a job well done is a harder job.
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Date: 2019-08-01 09:16 pm (UTC)pjthompson: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pjthompson IP Address: (2605:e000:5ac3:e900:98d6:863c:e90d:187f)
Well, when I pulled this out of the quote file on Friday to illustrate it, my attitude towards the quote was different, probably closer to yours. Today, watching one of my favorite memories burn, I probably fell too far into the blues.
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Date: 2019-08-01 09:17 pm (UTC)notasupervillain: Cat at computer (Default)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain IP Address: (95.147.53.95)
Hugs. It's a hard loss, and I know a lot of people are in pain right now.