Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
Garrison KeillorA young writer is easily tempted by the allusive and ethereal and ironic and reflective, but the declarative is at the bottom of most good writing.
Garrison KeillorTags: writing
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.
Garrison KeillorIt's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
Garrison KeillorEven in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
Garrison KeillorIntelligence is like four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.
Garrison KeillorJust because we're fictional characters doesn't mean you can pick us up and move us anywhere you want.--the people of Lake Woebegon
Garrison KeillorSome luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.
Garrison KeillorTags: inspirational luck
A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up on her own two legs and walk. Get off the bus and go get on another. Climb out of the ditch and cross the road. Find the road that s where you want to go. ... The only sermon that counts is the one that is formed by our actions. She would quit drinking and thereby show Kyle life is what you make it. A person can grab hold of her life and change things for the better. This happens all the time. We are not chips of wood drifting down the stream of time. We have oars.
Garrison KeillorBe well, do good work, and keep in touch.
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