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“Many people in this room have an Etsy store where they create unique, unreplicable artifacts or useful items to be sold on a small scale, in a common marketplace where their friends meet and barter. I and many of my friends own more than one spinning wheel. We grow our food again. We make pickles and jams on private, individual scales, when many of our mothers forgot those skills if they ever knew them. We come to conventions, we create small communities of support and distributed skills--when one of us needs help, our village steps in. It’s only that our village is no longer physical, but connected by DSL instead of roads. But look at how we organize our tribes--bloggers preside over large estates, kings and queens whose spousesâ€� virtues are oft-lauded but whose faces are rarely seen. They have moderators to protect them, to be their knights, a nobility of active commenters and big name fans, a peasantry of regular readers, and vandals starting the occasional flame war just to watch the fields burn. Other villages are more commune-like, sharing out resources on forums or aggregate sites, providing wise women to be consulted, rabbis or priests to explain the world, makers and smiths to fashion magical objects. Groups of performers, acrobats and actors and singers of songs are traveling the roads once more, entertaining for a brief evening in a living room or a wheatfield, known by word of mouth and secret signal. Separate from official government, we create our own hierarchies, laws, and mores, as well as our own folklore and secret history. Even my own guilt about having failed as an academic is quite the crisis of filial piety--you see, my mother is a professor. I have not carried on the family trade.

We dwell within a system so large and widespread, so disorganized and unconcerned for anyone but its most privileged and luxurious members, that our powerlessness, when we can summon up the courage to actually face it, is staggering. So we do not face it. We tell ourselves we are Achilles when we have much more in common with the cathedral-worker, laboring anonymously so that the next generation can see some incremental progress. We lack, of course, a Great Work to point to and say: my grandmother made that window; I worked upon the door. Though, I would submit that perhaps the Internet, as an object, as an aggregate entity, is the cathedral we build word by word and image by image, window by window and portal by portal, to stand taller for our children, if only by a little, than it does for us. For most of us are Lancelots, not Galahads. We may see the Grail of a good Classical life, but never touch it. That is for our sons, or their daughters, or further off.

And if our villages are online, the real world becomes that dark wood on the edge of civilization, a place of danger and experience, of magic and blood, a place to make one’s name or find death by bear. And here, there be monsters.”
― Catherynne M. Valente

“The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.”
― David Brin

“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When will being independent and strong and not following the pack and daring to be different and being brave in my opinions, my fashion choices and my hair colour be enough?”
― Sarra Manning, Adorkable

“Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“If you spare some space for a new book, also spare some time to read it.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Somebody’s going to be reading, right? Wrong. They’re FBing. “Doing a Number Two. Maybe I shouldn’t have had those chilli peppers. Hope y’all having a good day! —Coming from a toilet not far from you. xxxx”
― Hope Barrett

“At the end of the day or week or month what really matters is that you & your loved ones are safe & well, you have done your best & are grateful for being who you are & touching the world with your presence.

I wish to repeat that your ability to think & behave in a normal manner, your sound health, your safety, your feeling great, your family & the ability to start anew matters most in life.

Darling listen � at the end, also remind yourself that it doesn’t matter what you’ve done so far, what you choose to do from here will matter most to you & your world in times to come.

Keep Smiling, Keep Doing Something Meaningful & Stay Blessed!”
― Rajesh Goyal

“Oh, e-books, there are things about us humans you’ll never understand. Sometimes we need something gorgeous to hold in our hands.”
― Ann Patchett

“Every second of my time, every letter of my word.
One reason of my crime, two feathers of my bird.”
― Akash verma

“The name of my blog was already Life from Scratch, and the food became a natural extension. It turned out that writing about food was the perfect jumping board to discussing the rest of my life too. If nothing interesting was happening, I could talk about how I learned to roast potatoes (the trick: put the cubed potatoes in a bag; splash in the olive oil, salt, rosemary, and garlic powder; and then shake to coat each potato evenly.)”
― Melissa Ford, Life from Scratch

“Rick didn’t seem to have any problems taking orders from a woman ten years his junior, either, which can be an issue with guys trying to jump from the traditional news media to the blogging world. They don’t mean to bring their prejudices with them when they make the transition, but some things are harder to get rid of than an addiction to seeing your stories physically printed.”
― Mira Grant, Feed

“My eyes suddenly open, and I wonder if you're awake too. I wonder if you're thinking the same thoughts, hoping the same hopes, wandering in the same spaces. My heart utters its simple, familiar prayer and suddenly the echoes in this room become too much to bear.”
― Tom Grasso

“He prayed for the day when he'd become her North Star, a trusted and true destination she longed for. He would then be awakened in the night and she would be there, not as an aberration but as safe a port as he had ever known and one he would never want to leave. He, in turn, would light her sky with a love she had never known, and would never need search for again.”
― Tom Grasso

“Toe sien ek
dat die ou tannie met die swak teologie wat drie weeskinders in haar plakkershuis inneem, meer doen as sewe goeie teoloë . . .”
― Jaco Strydom

“The value of any written work should not simply be judged on the words that can be read. It should also be judged on the memories it leaves in the heart.”
― Daniel Kemp

“Un blog, una ²ú¾±³Ù᳦´Ç°ù²¹, es una forma literaria del futuro, un artefacto de escritura y lectura donde la luz, la palabra y la imagen son un diario, un pedazo de vida, un fragmento de realidad, frágil, breve, poliédrica, privada, social y universal. Una cápsula de tiempo que reemplaza el papel, complementa y crea la literatura electrónica en la revolución de la pantalla como papel y como libro, en la era de la información.”
― Alejandro Mos Riera

“It was a love affair, carried out by letters and parcels, though the love was all on my side.”
― Drew Payne, Case Studies in Modern Life

“I will create a blog, magazine and newspaper website by WordPress newspaper theme”
― Liman mia

“You know when you shake a Coke can and then you open it and it explodes everywhere? Well, that's how I feel right now. I have so many things I want to say fizzing up inside of me, but I don't have the confodence to say them out loud.”
― Zoe Sugg, Girl Online

“Use a pen to write the story but use your heart to tell the tale.”
― Daniel Kemp

“I found that by sharing my personal experiences, like through my blog, we're not alone--that the most shameful, personal, specific things you're going through are actually universal. You can laugh about it. I want to make a contribution that matters, and I want to be as vulnerable and raw as possible so other people feel less alone.

-Alexi Wasser”
― Sophia Amoruso, #Girlboss

“Deep down, you know everything (including the bad stuff, unfortunately) is just your own personal brand of reality. I mean, you know that you’re the CEO of your own life, right? So why settle for anything less than spectacular?

Darling listen � You’ve got the power to make yourself, your loved ones & even the world a little bit brighter & magnificent. Don’t waste that awesomeness snoozing!

So, instead of blaming the world (which, let’s be honest, is probably busy with its own stuff), focus on what you can actually change: YOU (your predominant thoughts, words & things that you do daily, randomly or routinely).

Sweetheart, start acting like the amazing person you are meant to be.. Believe me, the world & your future self will thank you for it.

Sending you heaps of blessings & positive energy for an amazing day ahead. Stay Blessed & Incredible..”
― Rajesh Goyal

“Even before you get to any serious software engineering, the applied part of computing involves a neverending struggle to make machines do what you need them to do—get a document to print, a website to load, a software package to install—in ways that are harrowing and not the slightest bit intellectually interesting. You learn, not about the nature of reality, but only about the terrible design decisions of other people.
(“On being facelessâ€�, blog post on March 6, 2024)”
― Scott Aaronson

“Hello everyone (Fools & Wise Ones)! Welcome to New Month, April! A month known for sunshine, spring vibes & it’s fool’s day.

Honestly speaking, it is human nature to think wisely & act foolishly. Isn’t that the truth? We spend hours contemplating the best course of action, only to be tripped up by emotions, impulses or that one extra Gulab Jamun or laddu staring us from our dining table.

Sweetheart, Isn’t that just delightful? Here’s to thinking big, acting…well, sometimes a little less big & learning to laugh along the way. Remember, even the wisest person trips on their shoelaces occasionally.

But hold on, dear, before you align yourself to a life of perpetual folly, here’s the good news: The fact that we CAN think wisely means we CAN act wisely. I wish & hope that from today itself you will begin to catch yourself in the act of thinking foolishly (every time)�

Darling listen � we’ll still have our April Fools� Day moments (because, let’s face it, sometimes life is the biggest prankster of all). But by acknowledging this human tendency & taking steps to bridge the wisdom-action gap, we can turn this month & every month, into a celebration of our ability to be not just thoughtful creatures, but thoughtful doers.

May this month be everything you hope for & more! Happy New Month! Blessings!”
― Rajesh Goyal

“We are on the precipice of historyâ€� a moment where prospects that seemed unattainable are more possible than ever before. Unions, Equality, and Kamala: Why This Election Matters to Me (Medium Story)”
― Carlos Wallace

“I believe in using my voice to stand up for what matters. (Texas HB 1925: Criminalizing Homelessness Is Not the Answer â€� blog)”
― Carlos Wallace

“Seit etwa einem Jahr schreibe ich einen Blog, auf dem ich täglich meine Erlebnisse und Gefühle festhalte, die sich automatisch löschen, sobald ich sie abgespeichert habe. Der Blog ist öffentlich zugänglich. Man kann ihm folgen und täglich den neuen gelöschten Beitrag betrachten. Es ist nie dasselbe leere Blatt.”
― Elias Hirschl, Content