WIST Quotations

Nin, Anais -- The Novel of the Future, ch. 2 “Abstraction” (1968)

Dave — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:01:02 +0000

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) Catalan-Cuban-French author, diarist
The Novel of the Future, ch. 2 “Abstraction” (1968)

Coolidge, Susan -- “New Every Morning”

Dave — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:36:09 +0000

Every morning is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain.
And, spite of old sorrows
And older sinning,
Troubles forecasted
And possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.

Susan Coolidge (1835–1905) American author [pseud. for Sarah Chauncey Woolsey]
“New Every Morning”

Paine, Thomas -- Common Sense (14 Feb 1776)

Dave — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:41:51 +0000

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American political philosopher and writer
Common Sense (14 Feb 1776)