Orts #796

 
There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it. We can be sure that we have something especially crucial to address when the very notion of being alone grows unbearable.
     — Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists
 
 
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.
     — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
 
 
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
 
A journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them.
 
     — both, Karl Kraus (1874-1936)
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Bonus link: Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, sung in Yiddish:  http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/leonard-cohens-hallelujah-lovely-sung-in-yiddish-a-tribute.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+%28Open+Culture%29
Another magnificent version:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAEXH9DAH98
Don't miss the ending!