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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear benjamin,

thank you for sharing! some of my faves this week:

“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.”

— Sylvia Plath

“After being turned down by a number of publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”

― George Ade

“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”

— Jane Austen

“Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it, they reject themselves.”

―Charlie Chaplin

love

myq

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Benjamin Errett's avatar

Cut to Chaplin, dropping rafts of self-addressed stamped envelopes into the mailbox, bankrupting himself on postage by continually rejecting himself…

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Walter Egon's avatar

These are serious, vexing and perplexing times we are living through -- much too serious for my taste. Thank you for attempting to alleviate the misery. You didn't succeed but I suspect that has more to do with me than you.

All I can give you in return is a piece a music I just stumbled across that I find wistfully beautiful:

https://youtu.be/X-JaVGYG2i8?t=2911

If that doesn't rock your boat you should try listening to it in a kayak. There is a reason that word is a palindrome.

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Benjamin Errett's avatar

Canoe ask for a more perceptive comment? I can’t!

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