What’s your favorite quote?

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Frances · Answer

Virginia Woolf: No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Andrei Marinescu · Answer

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx (maybe)

Harrison · Answer

The chorus of Prine’s Spanish Pipedream: "Blow up your TV, throw away your paper. Go to the country, build you a home. Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches. Try an' find Jesus on your own"

Tom T · Answer

luck favors the prepared.

Jess · Answer

make hay while the sun is shining

D · Answer

"...describe what is difficult about it first..." : "If you are having trouble reading a text, describe what is difficult about it first, and you will come to understand it."      -Sianne Ngai

Ngai said this during a lecture at UChicago this week. I have been thinking about her words since. I think "describing what is difficult about it first" can apply to understanding many things, from fellow creatures to experiences. She's a great theorist, and this is my new favorite quote to sit with for a while.