I read a lot, many different things, and I pick up quotes along the way.
I also have a notebook, had it since the mid 1990's in which I write quotes that mean something, are relevant to the moment, or that I need to remember and refer back to and date them and add some accompanying notes or thoughts. It's tattered and dogeared now, but I read it all the time, and add to it sometimes.
16th August 1998 is when I wrote the quote in that book, it was a difficult, stressful time and one in which I had to display some attributes that are not always easy to find. I'd share the notes I wrote on the same page if they weren't so personal and they didn't divulge more about what I was doing that I want shared on the blockchain. Needless to say, the quote means something to me.
That's a great idea. I write down quotes I enjoy in a notebook, and I journal in a different notebook; I never thought of combining the two, but I like the sound of that.
It's a record of part of my life, thoughts and feelings (actions too). It's a time in my life I don't talk about with most people, just some of those that were there, and I don't share with many people at all. That's why I'll not share what's in my notebook...Hmm, maybe I'll do a "fictional" post on it though, which will pitch it as someone else. That's something I could possibly be ok with. We'll see.
Either way, it's good to write down quotes we come across and like, it makes them more real and we're more likely to remember them, apply them and gain benefit from them.
I think that's what a lot of novelists do: tell their own personal stories through a fictional framework, dressing it up so that no one except real friends to the author know how personal the stories actually are.
Anyway, it's great that you keep that. Journaling like that helps us in the moment and helps us remember the details later on. I do like the quote idea. I'll have to see if I can apply that to my own personal writing.
I've written many such fictions here, and enjoyed it.
I looked up that poem entirely. It's not in my Longfellow book so I had to search online. The Ladder of St. Augustine. That's a good poem and I enjoyed it. Thanks for the pointer to it!
You're welcome mate, that's what community is all about.