The Purdzilla Show

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we are open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. John Lennon

It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A lot of people don't, but I think they have, and to me that's gratifying. It's worth it. Charlie Watts

I have always believed that The Beatles stupendous success in America was directly related to JFK's death. The Beatles helped heal America...Some musicians heal ethnic groups. Some musicians heal nations. The Beatles healed an entire planet. Joe Queenan Jr.

I don't know what poetry is or what it's supposed to do. I imagine it has a kind of nervous effect on some people like music has on others. George Orwell (in Coming Up For Air )

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Woken from his afternoon nap by the buttery fug of baking thickening the air in their flat, William drags his blanket into the kitchen to snuggle into the old armchair and watch his mother. Warmth washes over his legs as she reaches into the oven, pulling out the wonky old baking tray and laying it on the melamine table. She slides the palette knife under the largest biscuit, puts it on a china saucer and cuts it in half. Together they watch the rising coil of steam. "For his Lordship'. She gives a deep curtsey, holding the saucer in both hands. The gold leaf on its border glints at him, and his sleep-soft face lifts into a smile as he reaches out to take it. 'Don't burn your mouth,' she whispers. Jo Browning Wroe (in A terrible Kindness )

Photo by David Marcu on Unsplash Think of the whole of existence, of which you are the tiniest part; think of the whole of time in which you have been assigned a brief and fleeting moment; think of destiny – what fraction of that are you? Every ocean is a drop in the Universe. The whole of present time is a pin-prick of eternity. Marcus Aurelius