Adventures in housewifery: Cooking, crafting, and not a lot of cleaning
There’s a special place in the bad place for the second kind… right next to people who talk at the theater.
*Not me, shuffling new books in with the old books…
I’m looking at you, Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
I have more of a “not enough bookshelves” issue…
“Purposeful play builds self-confidence and real-world problem-solving skills.”― Jane McGonigal, Superbetter
“Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises.”-Gary Gygax
“Real life this far had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book… By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters… wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp.”-Ethan Gilsdorf
“Life is more fun if you play games.”― Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games. – Carl Jung
“Gaming is our cultural bogeyman – we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans. But any explanation that fits every situation ultimately explains nothing.”-Naomi Alderman
“I believe that imagination inspires nations. It’s something that I live by.”-Janelle Monae
“Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels.”-Julianna Baggott
“Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination – they don’t conform to the reality that’s around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.”-Kate Atkinson
“I believe in the power of imagination. I believe in the unexplained possibilities of the spirit. And I believe that the heart, like any other muscle, grows stiff if it is not exercised regularly. I believe.”
― Eve Zibart, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World for Grown-Ups
“Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it…”
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.”-Lloyd Alexander
“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and improbable,” she pleaded. “Something beautiful and full of monsters.” “Beautiful and full of monsters?” “All the best stories are.”
― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
“I love to perform not only music, but to make performances extremely visual, and create almost a magical fantasy. It’s really an uplifting style of art that combines visuals and music in very dreamlike ways.”-Lindsey Stirling
“If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn’t there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That’s why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” –Steve Jobs
“However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.” – J. K. Rowling
“What makes the United States great, the reason people wanted to live in the United States, move here still, is because of our ability to innovate.” – Bill Nye
“Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time?” –Julie Andrews
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”- Albert Einstein
“My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.”- Clara Schumann
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
― J.K. Rowling
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett
