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Member: shelterdowns

Library1,426 books — see library

Reviews30 reviews — see reviews

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud

Tagspolitics (125), writing (124), women's studies (123), theology (111), history (110), ethics (102), philosophy (90), sexual violence (82), mythology (81), good/evil (78) — see all tags

GroupsA Pearl of Wisdom and Enlightenment, Early Reviewers, Upcoming Books

Favorite authorsDiane Ackerman, Jacqueline Carey, Diane Duane, Elizabeth George, Laurell K. Hamilton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Philip Yancy, Timothy Zahn (Shared favorites)

About me Obsessed collector of quotes. A random sample of favourites, to be changed out, well, randomly:

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. "
- Thomas Edison

“Originality has nothing to do with priority. An image is like a musical key; just because someone used G-minor before doesn’t make Mozart a copycat.”
--Stephen Mitchell

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
--Douglas Adams

“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
--Elbert Hubbard

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
~T.S. Eliot

and, of course:

“Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.”
--W.H. Auden

About my library “To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.”
--Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks”

Homepagehttp://shelterdowns.livejournal.com/

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Real nameKatrina L. MacWhirter

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Member sinceMay 7, 2006