Orts #848

Nobody can ever tell you who they are, they can only tell you who they were.
     — Alan Watts, in an animated short about time:
http://www.openculture.com/2017/05/alan-watts-waxes-philosophical-about-time.html


One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
     — Margaret Mead (1901-1978)


Rise and shine. I’ve always held such fondness for that sweet old phrase. As though we are all little Suns. As though we are all someone’s Day.
     ―Beau Taplin (c.1989-  )


I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.
     —Toni Morrison

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a heartening essay:
http://nyti.ms/2hIqOrt