I was working my way through a backed-up express line at Trader Joe’s one day over the holidays, glazing over at the impulse buys displayed near the checkstands. I glanced at a rack of greeting cards on the wall, and my eye stopped at the words: “Arrange whatever pieces come your way.”
The image on the card is catchy and colorful, with cartoonish grass, trees and mountains, and a figure juggling puzzle pieces in the sky. Virginia Woolf’s name is in small print underneath the caption.
It’s a blank card, so you can buy them in quantity and use them for all purposes. I bought one and have taped it to the wall next to my desk.
What an appropriate sentiment for the new year! Along with $5 dark roast coffee, decent cheap wines and a great selection of dark chocolate, the Trader has done it again.
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Her diary entry dated Saturday, September 5th 1925 – “This has rammed a big hole in my 8 weeks which were to be stuffed so full. Never mind. Arrange whatever pieces come your way”
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KwCVDlaXllsC&pg=PA80&dq=arrange+whatever+pieces+come+your+way&hl=en#v=onepage&q=arrange%20whatever%20pieces%20come%20your%20way&f=false
My girlfriend got this printed on a dog tag for me for valentine’s day!
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Can someone tell me where this quote is from?