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A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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We are of each an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all of the eclat of a proverb.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/austen-jane/64549/

#quote #quotes #quotation #character #chit-chat #conversation #disposition #ego #introvert #pride #profundity #silence #speaking

A quotation from Austen, Jane:

«
We are of each an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all of the eclat of a proverb.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/austen-jane/64549/

#quote #quotes #quotation #character #chit-chat #conversation #disposition #ego #introvert #pride #profundity #silence #speaking

#Honolulu's #HealingStones (#Kapaemahu) #Celebrate #Native #Trans #Ancestors

A beautiful #exhibit gives #context and #profundity to #Oahu’s joyful #Pride #celebration

#Legend has it that these four #healers, who lived between what was traditionally expected of #males and #females, transferred their curative energy to the stones before departing.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Hawaii #IndigenousPeople #History

https://www.outtraveler.com/indigenous-travel/waikiki-healing-stones-trans

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/01/feeling-in-awe-take-walk-visual-art/672617/?utm_source=feed #TheAtlantic: THE QUIET #PROFUNDITY OF EVERYDAY #AWE - That feeling—of being in the #presence of something vast—is good for us. And, counterintuitively, it can often be found in completely unremarkable circumstances By #DacherKeltner - "When we asked #research participants to track experiences of awe in a daily diary.. they found it in the ordinary: a friend’s generosity, a leafy tree’s play of light...We need that everyday awe.. #books #bookstodon #wonder #spirituality