"Intimacy begins with oneself." (Thomas Moore)
Agreed.
About Me
- Deborah K. Hanula
- Deborah K. Hanula has a year of Journalism training from Humber College, a Political Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and a Law degree from the University of British Columbia. In addition, she has Diplomas in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Child Psychology, and Psychotherapy and Counselling as well as a Family Life Educator and Coach Certificate and Certificates in Reflexology, Assertiveness Training, and Mindfulness Meditation. She is the author of five cookbooks, primarily concerned with gluten-free and dairy-free diets, although one pertains to chocolate. As an adult, in the past she worked primarily as a lawyer, but also as a university and college lecturer, a tutor, editor, writer, counsellor, researcher and piano teacher. She enjoys a multi-faceted approach when it comes to life, work and study, in order to keep things fresh and interesting. Check out her new book: A Murder of Crows & Other Poems (2023).
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Camus on Charm
"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question."
(Albert Camus)
(Albert Camus)
Camus on Despair and Hope
"He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool."
(Albert Camus)
(Albert Camus)
On Friends
"Your friends aren't what they do for a living or who their parents are or the values they claim to have, but, rather, the sum of their personalities as one experiences them day after day, year after year."
(Ray Robertson)
(Ray Robertson)
Sophocles on Wanting Death
"Death is not the greatest of evils. It is worse to want to die, and not be able to." (Sophocles)
The Supreme Court of Canada should heed this wisdom of Sophocles.
The Supreme Court of Canada should heed this wisdom of Sophocles.
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