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Anne Herbert (1952– ) is an American writer and a past assistant editor of CoEvolution Quarterly, a precursor to the Whole Earth Review. She is perhaps best known for being the person who coined the phrases, "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty."^[1] and "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."^[2]

An article in the December 1991 issue of Glamour about the history of the "random kindness" phrase described Herbert as "tall, blonde, and forty" and as living in Marin County, California.

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External links

• Peace and Love and Noticing the Details – blog maintained by Anne Herbert since July 2005

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Care about the beings you care about in gorgeous and surprising ways. Color outside the lines. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

Anne Herbert (born 1952) is an American writer and a past assistant editor of CoEvolution Quarterly, a precursor to the Whole Earth Review.

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• Eschew blandness. Eschew causing other's pain. We are all the target so wear bright colors and dance with those you love. Falling in love has always been a bit too much to apply to one person. Falling in love is appropriate for now, to love all these things which are about to leave. The rocks are watching, and the squirrels and the stars and the tired people in the street. If you love them, let them know, with grace and non-invasive extravagance. Care about the beings you care about in gorgeous and surprising ways. Color outside the lines. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. This is your last chance.
  • "Handy tips on how to behave at the death of the world" in Whole Earth Review (Spring 1995), p. 88

• Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.
  • "The Next Whole Earth Catalog", (1980), p 331. (Derived from the Gilbert Shelton quote, "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."

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