Thought for the Day Life is like a library owned by an ...

[Paul Whybrow]

Life is like a library owned by an author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

That's a little passive. Where's his agency in driving the plot of his life? No, some are written for him/her/them, but that should drive one to make decisions that affect the next book on the shelf.

 

[Pamela Jo]

That's a little passive. Where's his agency in driving the plot of his life? No, some are written for him/her/them, but that should drive one to make decisions that affect the next book on the shelf.

I think his name sort of explains his attitude towards life. I mean if you were dubbed Harry Emerson Fosdick... I can see where you'd think most of your choices were already made for you.

 

[Sedayne]

And of course, life is like a library owned by a male author...
I don't know about you girls, but I've got a completely different library thing going on.

 

[Pamela Jo]

And of course, life is like a library owned by a male author...
I don't know about you girls, but I've got a completely different library thing going on.

I remember reading a comment once that little girls dont want a prince charming-they want a library that you enter through a fire pole with a stable attached. So I wrote a story about that. I think little girls would like it-but agents? No.

 

[E G Logan]

A lot of these male talking head types are thinking more about a well-turned phrase – that perhaps, please!, they might be remembered by – rather than absolute truth.

Or, in modern-speak, they speak only their truth.