Fate and Chance

Fate and chance are not mutually exclusive, and alongside them exists free will. 

Wakti Wapnasi in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency "Shapes and Colors"

I feel like fate and chance are tools waiting to be used by free will. If we treat them with respect we can use them to our advantage. 

This quote is for October 06, 2017.

Set Sail without a Destination

Don't look, fate can only find you. Can't choose for something to surprise you. Set sail without a destination. See where the wind will take you. 

Lee DeWyze in "Sweet Serendipity"

Surprises will always be surprising by definition, which makes life interesting. What is better than having a wonderful surprise waiting for you during a tough time?

This quote is for October 05, 2017.

Too Much Time Cursing Time

Every season, every celebration, every defeat and every hope and aspiration that we have is routed in time, dependent on time, revealed to us in time. We don’t think about that enough. We spend too much time cursing time. 

Anne Rice in “The Wolves of Midwinter”

I think we need to remember how precious time is because it is not a guarantee in life and it is not something that we all have equal amounts of. 

This quote is for October 04, 2017.

Waiting to be Found

Everything is unfamiliar, waiting to be found. Look ahead but don't look back. Hold on tight and don't let go. It's another small adventure, where it is no one knows. Close your eyes and enjoy the ride. There's so many big surprises out there for us to find. 

Chantal Kreviazuk in "Another Small Adventure"

Sometimes the best adventures are the small ones, the ones that let you find something new and wonderful in the ordinary. 

This quote is for October 03, 2017.

It's Not About You

You always excelled but not because you craved success but because of your fear of failure. Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all. It's not about you.

The Ancient One from “Doctor Strange”

We have become such a self-centered and vain society and I personally feel that we need to remember that life is not always centered around ourselves. 

This quote is for October 02, 2017.

Grow Perhaps the Greater

The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. 

J.R.R Tolkien in “The Fellowship of the Ring”

I think we need a reminder that although there is much sorrow, pain and violence in the world there is still love, compassion, and happiness as well.

This quote is for October 01, 2017.

Time to Tell the Truth

There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them, and then there were people who lied because they were waiting for it to be time to tell the truth.

Stephen King in “Needful Things”

There are many types of liars who have their own motivation for lying. Some have good motivation behind lying and others who just love lying. The commonality between all liars is that most likely someone will be hurt by the lie. 

This quote is for September 30, 2017.

Refuse an Irrefutable Truth

People don't alter their beliefs easily. Many people refuse to accept an irrefutable truth simply because that truth puts them in the wrong. 

Kemka from The Orville "If the Stars Should Appear"

I think that human pride is one of the most strong and dangerous force in the world. Pride can blind people from the most obvious facts. 

This quote is for September 29, 2017.

All the Emptiness Inside

All the emptiness inside you is hard enough to fill. Without  a sense of purpose, we're setting up to fail. You don't have to make it right, just hold your head up high. 

Imagine Dragons in "Round and Round"

I think that not having a purpose in life can make you feel very empty. Some purposes may not seem to have much meaning to other people, but if it is important to just one person then it can have value.

This quote is for September 28, 2017.

Pretense Falling

The rhetoric of protecting children from war, shielding those most vulnerable from our most horrific truths, was always a hypocrisy designed to protect the illusions that adults carry that we care more about our children then we do about ourselves, until finally that pretense, too, fell.

Lidia Yuknavitch in “The Book of Joan” 

Any war, no matter what the cause, will always affect children. Children lose their loved ones who are involved in war and they are often put in immediate physical and psychological danger because of war. I think that if someone considers children safe from war, they are either very naive or they just do not want to accept the consequences of war.

This quote is for September 27, 2017.

Nothing Under the Sun Nor Moon

There is nothing under the sun nor under the moon, no entity of intellect, that does not have to believe something about itself, something about its purpose, the reason for its suffering, it's destiny.

Anne Rice in “The Wolves of Midwinter”

I think that if a being has consciousness and intellect, then that being has to wonder about its own existence. I feel like this is just a normal part of being alive. 

This quote is for September 26, 2017.

There For You All Along

All our lives, all we're told over and over again, is the importance of family. Like it or not, he's mine.  
True. Or are your family the ones who've been there for you all along? 

Bo Dennis and Tamsin in Lost Girl "Family Portrait"

Family is amazing to me because family is so flexible in who can be considered as family. Blood can bring together strangers or it can mean nothing when non-related people consider themselves family.

This quote is for September 25, 2017.

Home is a Battlefield

Home is a battlefield. Back home, they're all trying to get you. Get you to open up, be somebody you're not sure you are anymore.

John Diggle from Arrow "Honor Thy Father"

Sometimes the expectations and pressures that are put on you by your family can make home feel like a battlefield. The real battle is to decide if you want to be yourself and possibly lose your home and family, or to become different to ensure your family stays with you.

This quote is for September 24, 2017.

I am Titanium

I'm criticized but all your bullets ricochet. Cut me down but it's you who'll have further to fall. You shoot me down but I won't fall. I am titanium. I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose. 

Sia in "Titanium"

Some of the worst bullies would not be able to handle it if their victims fought back. They would fall much harder than their victims.

This quote is for September 23, 2017.

All Speech Becomes a Debate

Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end, but two together may perhaps find wisdom. 

 J.R.R Tolkien in “The Fellowship of the Ring”

When so many opinions and perspectives clash together it is nearly impossible to find a solution that will appeal to every single person. However, when a few minds come together, they can perhaps find a solution that will at least be accepted by the majority. 

This quote is for September 22, 2017.

A Strange Thing

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about and not much to listen to. While things that are uncomfortable, palpitating and even gruesome may make a good tale and take a deal of telling anyway.

 J.R.R. Tolkien in "The Hobbit"

I think stories that have the most drama, tragedy, and diversity are the ones that grab us because I think we can sympathize and root for the characters that fight through their circumstances. Their  victories are so much sweeter because of what they have had to survive through. 

This quote is for September 21, 2017.

Preserving Justice

I don't believe that man was made to be controlled by machines. Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. Only human beings can do that. 

The Doctor from Doctor Who "The Keys of Marinus"

Machines can enforce rules but they cannot understand the dynamic intricacies that go into the reasons why rules need to sometimes, under the right circumstances, be broken. 

This quote is for September 20, 2017.

Live Our Lives Out Loud

Maybe someday we'll figure all this out, try to put an end to all our doubt. Try to find a way to make things better now. Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud, we'll be better off somehow. Sometimes we don't really notice just how good it can get. So maybe we should start all over. 

Rob Thomas in "Someday”

Looking to the future as a chance to change and starting over can be the best path. There are times in life when we just need to renew and refresh ourselves and our lives.

This quote is for September 19, 2017.

The Future of Rocks

One day, of course, all this will be consigned to that same history, even the mountains- sand, after all, was the future of rocks. Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

Kate Atkinson in “Life After Life”

I think history equalizes and humbles all people and things. Even the most monumental figures and events become pebbles in the face of time. Ironically and contradictory, events and people can become giants long after their time has passed. Time gives and time takes away.

This quote is for September 18, 2017.