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“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” —Terry Pratchett

Welcome to a world of metaphor, where we view reality from the catbird’s seat.

“I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up!”Ingrid Bergman

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“This universe can well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one’s mother tongue.” —Tahar Ben Jelloun

If we spoke with one tongue, would civilization be civil?

“If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” −Douglas Adams

 An object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless and until it hits a wall.

“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” −Sydney J. Harris Read more

“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.” −Jean-Luc Godard

 How many of us are strangers to ourselves?

“People forget who they are; they always remain with an identity which is not the real self. It is just a projected self which does not exist, but they identify with this projected self appearance.” −Lobsang Tenzin Read more

“Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.” -Eliza Farnham

The Tenth Muse - a series by Pierre LeducInspired by a nonet of goddesses, aka the Muses, creative humans scale Olympian heights.

“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” -William Shakespeare Read more

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” –Lao-Tzu

Whoa…

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” –Deepak Chopra

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“The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.” –Henri Bergson

Balloons, a series by Pierre LeducLike a blowhard, windbag or stuffed shirt, a vain ego is inflated by hot air.

“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.” Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” –Charles M. Schulz

unoWe tell and live a timeless love tory…

“We all have stories we’re living and telling ourselves.” –Bruce Springsteen

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“Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.” –Jean Paul

And uh-ONE!And uh-ONE

The past is never where you think you left it.” –Katherine Anne Porter

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“There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.” –Friedrich Nietzsche

 Mad Love 1Mad love is tweeting outside the cage of public opinion. 

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” –Rumi Read more