I love a good quote, and I wish I was one of those clever people who had a million of them readily accessible for every situation, attributions included, but alas, despite numerous books of quotes at the ready, I’m not.

I’m the person that can paraphrase and give you the gist. I might pull the speaker’s identity if it’s a quote I’ve referenced before. I’m worse under pressure: ask me a direct question about my favourite quote – or a favourite anything – and my brain turns into a tabula rasa.

I learned that blank slate reference from an episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, source of many a fine bon mot.

I follow a couple of fellow bloggers who record and share quotes, and they inspired me to do at least some of the same. I thought keeping a quote record of my own was a grand idea. I even found a cute notebook at the thrift store—I find a lot of cute notebooks and journals there. ¹

It’s hard to adopt new habits; I’m still forgetting to write down many of the thoughts that I find inspirational, thought-provoking, or worthy. I’m doing better recording the things I hear compared to writing down things I read. My notebook contains mostly quotes from lyrics, shows, and social media so far for that reason, though I’m working hard to do better on the literature side.

Planning would help – I need to get into the habit of grabbing the notebook and pen before I settle in with my current tome. We do better with things that are easy. I suppose that’s why the meme/quote collection in my phone is so large – saving a digital image requires little in the way of work. Perhaps that’s why I don’t retain them?

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Do you keep a record of thoughts and quotes that you’ve encountered that you enjoy?

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1. I thought to take a picture of it and share, but my photographic abilities when it comes to these kinds of still life shots barely edge about sucky. ↩︎