A little girl asked me today what 'eccentric' means. I said:
'You know what mad is?'
Nod.
'Well, if somebody's mad and horrible, that's just mad, but if they're mad and silly and useless and harmless, that's eccentric.'
'Are you eccentric?' she asked.
'You bet.'
I made that up, and why not, since all strands of the Vedic school maintain that being is merely a thoughtform of non-being.
And I was wondering today what Rumplestiltskin's friends called her. Was it 'Rumple,' do you think, or just 'Rump?'
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...until death do re-unite or the Priestess return to Avalon.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
The moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on. Nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self .
This character appears in one of my short stories, and also in the novel. He's sadder than he looks, poor thing.
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- I've never had money because I've never been driven by money. I received little formal education beyond the age of sixteen, which isn't such a bad thing since you get a different angle on life that way. Learning what you want and need to learn often reveals things that the system's road keeps hidden.
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...until death do re-unite or the Priestess return to Avalon.
Khalil Gibran on Children.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
OMAR KAYYAM ON REGRET.
The moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on. Nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
Herman Hess on Nobility
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self .
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6 comments:
Rumplestiltskin was a he, sir.
Really? I thought Rumplestiltskin was the woman who said 'You can have me if you can guess my name.' Who was that, then?
Are you thinking of the Arthurian legend of "Lady Ragnell and Sir Gawain'? If you haven't read the story, check it out. It's not exactly eccentric but it's worth a read and so much better than Rumblestilskin.
No, I wasn't thinking of an Arthurian legend, Wendy. I was just getting my fairy tales all mixed up as usual. I was confusing Rumplestiltskin (whose story I just read) with one about a woman in a tower who had long hair that a prince climbed up. I think.
And I'll bet your story was originally called 'Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnell.' You modern women have a thing about being on top, don't you?
I've read 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' which was hard going but worth it in the end. It's believed to have been written by a mediaeval monk from my neck of the woods - one of those whose ghosts I was scared of as a child.
The lady you're thinking of is Rapunzel. :)
Thank you, Anon. I'll read that one later tonight.
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