Category Archives: life

You Hit Like a Bitch

Posted on January 28, 2016 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Courtesy of https://marymuema.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/when-life-beats-you/

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Every Secret of a Writer’s Soul

Posted on January 22, 2016 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. Virginia Woolf Courtesy of NJ from her blog, https://ametalk.wordpress.com/about-ame-talk/   Virginia Woolf

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Life Isn’t Hard to Manage

Posted on January 15, 2016 by jeneanecommonplacebook

But life isn’t hard to manage when you have nothing to lose. Ernest Hemingway, from his book, “A Farewell To Arms” quoted by hqlines from Tumblr blog http://blackbettie420.tumblr.com/ Ernest Hemingway

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The Most Wasted Day in Life

Posted on December 6, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

The most wasted day in life is the day in which I have not laughed. Charlie Chaplin, quoted from Maria Job’s WordPress blog https://mariajob.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/keep-the-fire-for-good-burning-stopthebombing/#comment-480

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Life Is Like a Camera

Posted on August 27, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Life is like a camera. You focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negative, and if things don’t work out, take another shot. reblogged from prettydesigns.com – Pinterest

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Life Is Not a Journey

Posted on August 14, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: “WOW! What a ride!” This … Continue reading →

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Two Glasses of Wine

Posted on August 14, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the two glasses of wine. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some … Continue reading →

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Marriage

Posted on August 14, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

Marriage is finding that special someone you want to annoy the rest of your life. “Potpourri” catalog, Holiday 2004, pg. 57

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A Brief Time-Out

Posted on August 14, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

The world will give you that once in a while, a brief time-out; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. Sue Monk Kidd, from “The Secret Life of Bees”

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Idiots

Posted on August 9, 2015 by jeneanecommonplacebook

What really matters in life? Understanding that, no matter how badly the idiots may outnumber you…they’re still the idiots. Daria, as quoted by Lynn Minton in “Parade” magazine, 2/6/2000

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