February 19, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of André Breton (1896 – 1966) who said:

“My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.”

It is also the birthday of Carson McCullers (1917 – 1967) who said:

“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”

and

“I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.”

Happy Birthday to Dave Niehaus (1935 – 2010) who said:

“I literally become a member of your family, hopefully, for six months out of the year.”

and

“The worst thing you can do is emulate somebody else. You have to develop your own style. I say get a liberal education and know something about the world around you.”

Today is the birthday of Amy Tan (1952 - ) who said:

“We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.”

and

“I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.”

and

“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”

It is also the birthday of Jonathan Lethem (1964 - ) who said:

“I want what we all want. To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.”

and

“I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.”

Finally, it is the birthday of Dave Wakeling (1956 - ) who sang this bit of great wordplay:

“I don't know where to start or when to stop

My luck’s like a button

I can't stop pushing it

My head feels light

But I'm still in the dark

Seems like without tenderness there's something missing

I don't know where I am, but I know I don't like it

I open my mouth, and out pops something spiteful

Words are so cheap

But they can turn out expensive

Words like conviction can turn into a sentence.”