Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Janstevie]

Where there’s a will… I want to be in it

[Spirit Dancer]

I am the proprietor of my destiny, the captain of my soul.
William E. Henley

[Spirit Dancer]

You are happy when you are free and without limits.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"I love that you get cold when it is 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

When Harry Met Sally

[always2late]

"How does one become a butterfly? You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." - Trina Paulus

[UofMfan]

SONETO II

Amor, cuántos caminos hasta llegar a un beso,
qué soledad errante hasta tu compañía!
Siguen los trenes solos rodando con la lluvia.
En Taltal no amanece aún la primavera.

Pero tú y yo, amor mío, estamos juntos,
juntos desde la ropa a las raíces,
juntos de otoño, de agua, de caderas,
hasta ser sólo tú, sólo yo juntos.

Pensar que costó tantas piedras que lleva el río,
la desembocadura del agua de Boroa,
pensar que separados por trenes y naciones

tú y yo teníamos que simplemente amarnos,
con todos confundidos, con hombres y mujeres,
con la tierra que implanta y educa los claveles.

Pablo Neruda, 1959

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Be naughty - save Santa a trip. ~Author Unknown

[Jet]

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. —St. Francis of Assisi

[Jesse]

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. -- Albert Einstein

[Spirit Dancer]

Pardon one another so that later on you will not remember
the injury. The recollection of an injury is in itself wrong.
It adds to our anger, nurtures our sin, and hates what
is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.

Francis of Paola

[Spirit Dancer]

If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence,
we can transform them into a kind of energy
that is healthy and has the capacity to nourish us. By the
work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can
illuminate so much for us, offering us insight
and understanding into ourselves and society.

Thich Nhat Hanh

[Janstevie]

Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one!
A cold beer and another one!

[justkim]

“There are only 2 choices; make progress or make excuses.”
– Ellen Mikesel

“The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!”
– Marvin Phillips

[justkim]

‎"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night."

-Bill Watterson

[Just_G]

Hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.

Can't remember who it was I was reading when I saw this.

[BestButchBoy]

"Smile, you're on Candid Camera!"
~Allen Funt

[jenny]

"We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation." ~Lily Tomlin

[always2late]

"The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine."~ Mike Murdock

[justkim]

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

- Katherine Hepburn

[Miss Scarlett]

"If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying." ~ HH the Dalai Lama

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.”

Robert Cody

[Jesse]

"That's why I don't worry about folks.
They can't make me happy, and they can't make me sad."

-Madea- Diary of a Mad Black woman

[Janstevie]

No matter what music life plays, you just have to keep on dancing.

[Arwen]

Love is the most dunderheaded of all the passions; it never will listen to reason. The very rudiments of logic are unknown to it. 'Love has no wherefore,' says one of the Latin poets." Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Kenelm Chillingly; 1873.

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. -J.M. Barrie, novelist and playwright (1860-1937)

[jenny]

"A life lived in love will never be dull." - Leo Buscaglia

[JakeTulane]

"Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?" - -- Leo Buscaglia

[JakeTulane]

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." - -- Lao Tzu

[JakeTulane]

"You have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by." -- James Matthew Barrie

[Spirit Dancer]

One is content if one can find
happiness in simple pleasures.

Thomas Malloy

[Spirit Dancer]

The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind, and they
who have so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness
by changing anything but their own disposition, will waste their
lives in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief they propose to remove.
Samuel Johnson

[Nat]

"In the Arabic language, the word for "beauty" and "virtue" is the same. And "goodness." All three. In Islam, in the Muslim mind, they are not separated from each other.

Beauty can deal with external forms, but also with the beauty of the soul, with the beauty of the spirit within us. Beauty in a sense is more interiorizing. Beauty is what draws us directly to the divine - to the divine reality.

The celestial beauty which is the center of the sacred art of various traditions is salvific - it's a way of salvation. And ugliness, which is the opposite of beauty, in Arabic also means "evil." Ugly is the evil. One of the signs we live in an evil world is the ugly ambience we have created for ourselves.

Look at the remarkable predominance of beauty in nature - the remarkable predominance of beauty from the fish that swim in the sea under coral reefs that we are now destroying so rapidly in the gulf of Mexico to the great mountains where the snows are melting thanks to driving too many cars.

I think what is happening is proof precisely of the error of our worldview. If we look at nature, look how beautiful it is. Many people today in the West that are atheists are the greatest protectors of nature. It is central to Islamic spirituality, and Islamic spirituality sees even morality in terms of spiritual beauty. We are created in beauty, we are drawn to beauty, our soul is drawn to beauty.

So yes, there is a very deep nexus between beauty and happiness, and happy is the person who realizes inner beauty."

- Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Being, APM)

[Spirit Dancer]

When we cannot find contentment in ourselves,
it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Francois La Rochefoucauld

[ravfem]

"Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?" - -- Leo Buscaglia


This is what i need to remind myself of every once in a while.

*hugs you a zillion & 2 times* Thank you Jake.

[Nat]

Hitting on one cheek in the ancient world, the superior would hit with the back of the hand. And if you turned your head, he'd have to use the other hand, and look you in the face - he would have to see you.

Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori (Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church)

[WolfyOne]

I shall grow old but never lose life's zest because the roads last turn will be the best - Henry van Dyke

[Jesse]

Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~Dinah Craik, A Life for a Life, 1859

[Jesse]

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings. ~Miles Franklin

[Jesse]

First Lesson



The first thing to remember about fathers is, they're men.
A girl has to keep it in mind.
They are dragon-seekers, bent on impossible rescues.
Scratch any father, you find
Someone chock-full of qualms and romantic terrors,
Believing change is a threat -
Like your first shoes with heel on, like your first bicycle
It took months to get.
Walk in strange woods, they warn you about the snakes there.
Climb and they fear you'll fall.
Books, angular looks, swimming in deep water -
Fathers mistrust them all.
Men are the worriers. It is difficult for them
To learn what they must learn:
How you have a journey to take and very likely,
For a while, will not return.



Phyllis McGinley

[Jesse]

There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire. ~Robert Brault

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. ~Mary Tyler Moore

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. ~Wayne W. Dyer

[Soon]

"And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course --those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff.' But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster."

- Tina Fey, accepting the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize.

[ravfem]

“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. ”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

[afixer]

"what's with the blamation? I said I didn't do it!" - a kid at work

[Spirit Dancer]

Practicing gratitude will help us more fully appreciate
what has been offered us. Being grateful influences
our attitude; it softens our harsh exterior and
takes the threat out of most new situations.

unattributed

[Spirit Dancer]

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light,
for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy
of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Tecumseh

[Spirit Dancer]

I am so grateful for gratitude, a magical magnet.
A natural expression of a loving heart,
The power of gratitude recharges our souls,
In giving thanks we help heal the world
And increase our abundance of blessings unknown.

Katherine Scherer and Eileen Bodoh

[Janstevie]

Money cant buy you happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer.

[jenny]

"and now i'll stop the storm if it rains, i'll light a path far from here; i'll make your fear melt away and the world we know disappear." [angels&airwaves]

[Jesse]

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. ~Mary Manin Morrissey

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. ~Usman B. Asif

Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it. ~Henry S. Haskins

Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. ~Brendan Francis

[Ms. Meander]

The real secret to loveliness is being lovely.

~ Girl Scout Handbook

[Kim]

"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can
acquire, but my heart is all my own."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[afixer]

"One can not think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
- Virginia Woolf

[Scota_Parisi]

"The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have. "
— Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture)

[Diva]

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

~Michelangelo

[Diva]

Some stories are true that never happened.

~Elie Weisel

[Diva]

The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.

~Frank Barron

[Jesse]

"That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him.

Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison."
— Patricia Briggs (http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/40563.Patricia_Briggs) (Bone Crossed (http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3159812))

[Diva]

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

~Frank Leahy

[girl_dee]

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
- Lena Home

[JakeTulane]

"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." ~Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again." ~Flavia Weedn, Flavia and the Dream Maker

[JakeTulane]

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal." ~From a headstone in Ireland

[Arwen]

Beauty
"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beauty is everywhere, all around an in each one of us. Yet where do we put our attention? On what we have decided is "wrong?" On what we think needs to be "fixed?" There is beauty in these things, too - if we would only look for it. There is a lesson, a gift, a treasure to be found in every situation and circumstance. We can acknowledge it or turn away from it - but it is there nonetheless.

-Lissa Coffey (http://www.coffeytalk.com)

[Ms. Meander]

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Tom Robbins

[always2late]

"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball." - Doug Larson

[Arwen]

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. -Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941)

[Glenn]

Death is a tax the Soul
has to pay...
for having had a name and form- Hazrat Khan

[miss entycing]

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[Spirit Dancer]

Nature has given to each conscious being every
power she possesses, and one of these abilities
is this: just as Nature converts and alters every
obstacle and opposition, and fits them into their
predestined place, making them a part of herself,
so too the rational person is able to finesse every
obstacle into an opportunity, and to use it for
whatever purpose it may suit.

Marcus Aurelius

[Spirit Dancer]

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;
the real tragedy is when adults are afraid of the light.
Plato

[Spirit Dancer]

Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth
can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.

M. Scott Peck

[Spirit Dancer]

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about
becoming more fully human. . . It is the end of ignorance.

Lama Surya Das

[Enchantress]

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

~Kahlil Gibran

[Random]

How I see a relationship... Any type...


I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Pablo Neruda...

Tend your lover well... Least you find yourself uprooted...

[Jesse]

"No" is a complete sentence."
— Anne Lamott (http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott)

[Jesse]

Sometimes, “No” has to be so strong
that there are many fences around it
to make sure it stays, “No.”

[BestButchBoy]

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.
- Julia Child

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to dress up for it”

[Tucker]

"Promise me that you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think."

[Diva]

I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

~Loretta Lynn

[MissItalianDiva]

I have been on a hiatus from allowing people in my space enough to actually connect and grow....I broke my own heart a couple of years ago when I was too young to really grasp that love is more than the false expectations and hopes I heard as a young girl in story books. A dear friend of mine brought me a quote that hit spot on for me...to the point where I got overwhelmed in the revelation. Not sure if this will mean anything as profound as it did to me to any of you but nevertheless I feel compelled to share.

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."
-St. Augustine

[Nat]

[little tree]by e. e. cummings

little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower


who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly


i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don't be afraid


look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,


put up your little arms
and i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy


then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud


and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"

[girl_dee]

One great burst of disobedience is the beginning of freedom. Without it we never grow up.

[JakeTulane]

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” - Bill Cosby

[JakeTulane]

“May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.” - Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

"Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.” - Josh Harnett

[jenny]

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Louis Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein.” ~H. Jackson Brown

[always2late]

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams

[Spirit Dancer]

One thorn of experience is worth
a whole wilderness of warning.

James Russell Lowell

[Spirit Dancer]

A Zen master was once asked, "What is the key to happiness?"
He answered, "Good judgment."

"How do I gain good judgment?" he was questioned.

"Experience," was the reply.

"How then do I get experience?" the student further probed.

"Bad judgment," were his final words.

Christina Feldman

[Spirit Dancer]

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development.
To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life.
It is no less than a denial of the soul.

Oscar Wilde

[girl_dee]

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou

[jenny]

"fact is only what you believe, and fact and fiction work as a team. it's almost always fiction in the end, that content begins to bend, when context is never the same, and it's all relative..." [jack johnson♥]

[Jesse]

A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."
- Stephen Crane

[Jesse]

Don’t even ask. This is the best ice cream made in Wisconsin, and it tastes so good because it has gobs of rich Wisconsin cream, tons of real ingredients for boat-loads of luscious flavors. That means it’s not low-fat, low-calorie or low-anything, and that’s why everyone loves it. You want nutrition, eat carrots.
- The "Nutrition Label" seen on ice cream from Madison, Wisconsin

[Jesse]

Just because you're smart does not mean that the other guy is stupid.

[Soon]

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

--Albert Camus

[CrankyOldGuy]

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.
Soren Kierkegaard

[JAGG]

" Never let a loved one drive around on bald tires."

[MissItalianDiva]

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
~Buddha

[MissItalianDiva]

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.
~William Wallace

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer. ~Swami X

[Jesse]

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Samuel Butler, Higgledy-Piggledy


Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.
Roger Caras



Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.
Charles Darwin



I have found that when you are deeply troubled, there are things you get from the silent devoted companionship of a dog that you can get from no other source.
Doris Day


The dogs in our lives, the dogs we come to love and who (we fervently believe) love us in return, offer more than fidelity, consolation, and companionship. They offer comedy, irony, wit, and a wealth of anecdotes, the "shaggy dog stories" and "stupid pet tricks" that are commonplace pleasures of life. They offer, if we are wise enough or simple enough to take it, a model for what it means to give your heart with little thought of return. Both powerfully imaginary and comfortingly real, dogs act as mirrors for our own beliefs about what would constitute a truly humane society. Perhaps it is not too late for them to teach us some new tricks.
Marjorie Garber


Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.
Corey Ford

[Jesse]

The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul. ~Rona Barrett

[Tucker]

I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name.

[JakeTulane]

"Just because fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential." - Les Brown

[JakeTulane]

"Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." - Chief Seattle

[JakeTulane]

"Failure and success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle." ~E.M. Forester

[girl_dee]

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue. ~Ambrose Bierce

[Spirit Dancer]

Total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact,
hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that
we usually only exchange one set of restrictions for
another. The second set, however, is self-chosen,
and therefore easier to accept.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

[Spirit Dancer]

Be who you are and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.

Dr. Seuss

[Spirit Dancer]

It is finally when you let go
of what people expect you
to be and people's perceptions
of you that you're able to be
the version of yourself that
you're supposed to be-- like
in God's eyes. It doesn't matter
if you're half crazy, or eccentric,
or whatever it is-- that you have
to be true to who
you were born to be.

Gwyneth Paltrow

[Spirit Dancer]

If one dream should fall and break into a
thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick
one of those pieces up and begin again.

Flavia Weedn

[Glenn]

"You stupid fucks. You'll never do anything but talk!"- Shorty (a homeless Canadian revolutionary).

[Nat]

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to rise, or when the stranger enters the gates, never, thereafter, to be a stranger. Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes.

- James Baldwin

[Soon]

"Kiss me and you will see how important I am."

--Slyvia Plath

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!
Gone With the Wind, spoken by Clark Gable

[girl_dee]

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!
Gone With the Wind, spoken by Clark Gable


I love this movie

[Julie]

“Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake”
~ Edgar Watson Howe

[always2late]

Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life. - Adele Brookman

[adorable]

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
- Frank Outlaw

[Soon]

“What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties”

--Katherine Mansfield

[UofMfan]

Una mujer desnuda y en lo oscuro

Una mujer desnuda y en lo oscuro
tiene una claridad que nos alumbra
de modo que si ocurre un desconsuelo
un apagón o una noche sin luna
es conveniente y hasta imprescindible
tener a mano una mujer desnuda.

Una mujer desnuda y en lo oscuro
genera un resplandor que da confianza
entonces dominguea el almanaque
vibran en su rincón las telarañas
y los ojos felices y felinos
miran y de mirar nunca se cansan.

Una mujer desnuda y en lo oscuro
es una vocación para las manos
para los labios es casi un destino
y para el corazón un despilfarro
una mujer desnuda es un enigma
y siempre es una fiesta descifrarlo.

Una mujer desnuda y en lo oscuro
genera una luz propia y nos enciende
el cielo raso se convierte en cielo
y es una gloria no ser inocente
una mujer querida o vislumbrada
desbarata por una vez la muerte.

Mario Benedetti

[The_Lady_Snow]

Sistas Let's Stop Hatin' On Each Other...

Ok...so I walk in and you see me. You see that my hair is done, my
outfit is fierce and I carry myself like a lady. I smile at you but
you roll your eyes at me, then, turn your head and whisper something to
your girl. Why you hatin'?

Ok... so maybe I'm a new employee and this is my first day at work. I
almost thought I would be the only sista in the joint until someone
introduced us to each other. I smile and extend my hand, happy to know
I won't be here alone. You smile and shake my hand but there's
insincerity in your eyes and your hand is limp. You seem guarded.

What's wrong Ma'?

Ok ...so maybe my man and I have been having problems. And since
you've been my best friend for years I confide in you that I think he's
cheating on me. You offer your support. Until I find out that he's
been cheating on me....with you! Why would you hurt me like that?

I found your knife, girl.....it's in my back!

As women we battle daily. We battle keeping our families together,
keeping our men happy and maintaining our presence in the workforce.
With all that battling going on why in the world should we have to
battle each other?

Now I'm not saying every sistah has a knife...but some of you
do....and you know who you are. Why is it that a woman can't get
her glamour on without you having a problem? Why can't I get a
blonde weave without you having something to say?
If I'm working myself to death in the office
trying to climb the corporate ladder...why am I suddenly a sellout?
If I leave the room for a minute why can't I trust you around my man?
Smiling in my face, but gossiping all my personal business behind
my back? You now have permission to consider yourself triflin'!

Inferiority Complex. It makes us feel that in order to be someone
special we have to put everyone else beneath us. Are we so insecure in
ourselves that we can't feel good until we pull someone else down?

There's something wrong here. We've come to envy those who've
accomplished in their lives what we've only dreamed of having for
ourselves. And when we fear we will never be able to get what we want
- we steal it.

There is a serious self-worth issue going on here. We're in a day and
age where we should be encouraging each other and holding each other
up.

Sisterhood should not end when Oprah goes off. Truth be told, there
will always be someone prettier, sexier, stronger, and smarter. I'm sorry
Boo - that's just the way it is. But that's ok.....just do you!

I don't care how good Beyonce' looks - if she walks into the same room
I'm in, it doesn't make me any less of the diva I already am! I love
admiring hairstyles...but there's no need to be jealous. Honey,
nowadays there's enough hair for err-body.

I have goals in life. There are things I strive to attain. Yet I seek out
successful sisters because they keep me motivated.

Life is so much more than who looks the best, who dresses the best and
who makes more money. So when you see your sister going for hers let
it inspire you .... To do you.

~ Author Unknown ~

[jenny]

"Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away." - Alice Hoffman

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"I wanna say something. I'm gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don't, send it right back. I want to be on you."

- Ron Burgundy/Anchorman

[Ms. Meander]

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

George Eliot

[girl_dee]

‎'We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.' Barbara de Angelis

[girl_dee]

When we are free enough to refuse to remain what we have always been, we are ready to love someone else.

[Ms. Meander]

These are hard times for dreamers.

- from the film, Amelie

[Janstevie]

Success comes in cans .... not can'ts.

[Nat]

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." - Goethe

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”

Frida Kahlo

[JakeTulane]

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." ~Elbert Hubbard

[JakeTulane]

"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." ~Alexander Pope

[Ms. Meander]

One ship sails East,
And another West,
By the self-same winds that blow,
Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales,
That tells the way we go.

Like the winds of the sea
Are the waves of time,
As we journey along through life,
Tis the set of the soul,
That determines the goal,
And not the calm or the strife.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[JakeTulane]

"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own." ~Jessamyn West

[Arwen]

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. E.B. White

[tuffboi29]

"We are buried beneath the weight of information,
which is being confused with knowledge;
quantity is being confused with abundance
and wealth with happiness...

We are monkeys with money and guns."



— Tom Waits

[Nat]

"We now know that doing good to others, a network of strong and supportive relationships and a sense that one's life is worthwhile are the three greatest determinants of happiness."

- Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain (Overheard on APM's Being)

[Janstevie]

Love is a game that two play and both win.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”


Frida Kahlo

[Novelafemme]

"We are buried beneath the weight of information,
which is being confused with knowledge;
quantity is being confused with abundance
and wealth with happiness...

We are monkeys with money and guns."



— Tom Waits

Tuff, I waited on Tom back in 1997 when he was staying here in Tucson. He would have a short stack of pancakes (no syrup) and a double shot of jack on the rocks every morning for breakfast :)

[tuffboi29]

Tuff, I waited on Tom back in 1997 when he was staying here in Tucson. He would have a short stack of pancakes (no syrup) and a double shot of jack on the rocks every morning for breakfast :)


I just totally made an "OH!!!" face... :blink:

That's just way too cool!!!
Thanks for sharing that with me. :)

[Novelafemme]

I just totally made an "OH!!!" face... :blink:

That's just way too cool!!!
Thanks for sharing that with me. :)

Oh, and he smoked a cigarette throughout the entire meal! :blink:

[tuffboi29]

Oh, and he smoked a cigarette throughout the entire meal! :blink:

.....


I am now in need of a smoke. :|

[Novelafemme]

don't do it!!! noooooo :cigar2:

i have another friend who is a drummer in a popular band here and the band actually stayed at Joni Mitchell's house. he said she smokes round the clock! she even told them she smokes when she is in the shower!! ACK!!!!! :|

sorry...back on topic :)


.....


I am now in need of a smoke. :|

[JakeTulane]

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." ~Elwyn Brooks White

[JakeTulane]

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't." ~Richard Bach

[JakeTulane]

"Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit." ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

[Diva]

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

~Robert Brault

[Diva]

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.

~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear

[Diva]

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

[Arwen]

There are all different ways of learning and growing. There are amazing works by brilliant people available to us at any time. And we can gain so much from the words of our fellow man. But where did they get these insights? At some point, the knowledge has to be experienced to be understood. And when it is understood, then it can be expressed. We all know what lessons we have learned from our experiences. And this is a big part of why we're here - to experience life, to learn and to grow.

-Lissa Coffey (http://www.coffeytalk.com)

[Arwen]

"Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free til they find someone just as wild to run with them.” Sex And The City

[JakeTulane]

"No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude." - Alfred North Whitehead

[JakeTulane]

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

[JakeTulane]

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" - Henry Ward Beecher

[BestButchBoy]

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
~Albert Einstein

[StillettoDoll]

"A habit is something you can do without thinking- which is why most of us have so many of them ."
Frank Howard Clark

[Ms. Meander]

Still Just Six Words:
No Fear
No Meaness
No Envy

[justkim]

"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven."
- Johannes A. Gaertner

[girl_dee]

Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul. ~Henry Van Dyke

[Scota_Parisi]

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[girl_dee]

The freedom to be the self is what makes it possible to love anyone else and deserve their love in return.

[JakeTulane]

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." - John Burroughs

[JakeTulane]

"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be." - Jose Ortega y Gasset

[JakeTulane]

"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive." - Mel Brooks

[always2late]

"The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do." - Unknown

[Gentle Tiger]

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst...a spark that creates extraordinary results."

[Duchess]

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Atisha (f)

[Jesse]

It is better to know where to go and not know how, than to know how to go and not know where. -Anon

[JakeTulane]

“If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.” - Bill Clinton

[JakeTulane]

“I cried, and cried some more. I told God that I was weary of trying. And, God told me to quit trying. It doesn't sound like a revelation, but it feels like a revelation. Because I got it on a deeper level. I'm going to quit trying. When I forget, I'm going to remind myself. I'm going to do what I want to do; and I'm going to quit trying to do the rest. It's not the doing that's exhausting; it's the trying. The doing is exhilarating!” - Jan Denise

[JakeTulane]

“I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else, it seems...When I'm all alone it's the best way to be. When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye. Everything is temporary anyway.” - Anonymous

[Janstevie]

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.

[Duchess]

Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown.
None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and wearness will overtake you, and you will deny the joy that comes from labour's end.
Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others.
Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.
Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds.
Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself.
Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.
Despite all appearances, no one is really evil. They are led astray by ignorance. If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light, rather then blame and condemnation.
You, no less than all beings have Buddha Nature within. Your essential Mind is pure. Therefore, when defilements cause you to stumble and fall, let not remose nor dark foreboding cast you down. Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on.
Faith is like a lamp and wisdom makes the flame burn bright. Carry this lamp always and in good time the darkness will yield and you will abide in the Light.

~Dhammavadaka

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness..."

Christian Nevell Bovee

[always2late]

"Simple kindness to one's self and all that lives is the most powerful transformational force of all." - Dr.David Hawkins

[girl_dee]

Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts. ~Author Unknown

[Diva]

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

~Dalai Lama

[Diva]

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

~Dalai Lama

[Diva]

The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.

~Norman Vincent Peale

[girl_dee]

We cannot come to know ourselves alone. Only by living well with others can we discover who we really are and what we really need and what we really have to give to the rest of the world.

[Mister Bent]

"People are right, Pit Bulls aren’t for everybody. They are for the people who will cherish and love the dogs in the manner in which they deserve."

- Alana Epstein, NY, Activist/Owner

[Diva]

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.

~Buddha

[ravfem]

“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[Arwen]

"Laughter is the lightning rod of play, the eroticism of conversation." -Eva Hoffman

[Diva]

".....Kindness much watch for me, this side the ground...."

~from Samuel Barber's 'Sure On This Shining Night'

[little_ms_sunshyne]

“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”

Albert Einstein

[Enchantress]

"You'd find Farmville a lot less interesting if you would just fall in love"

:blinketyblink:

[Gentle Tiger]

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. ~Ellen Glasgow

[Ms. Meander]

Beyond right and wrong, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Rumi

[JakeTulane]

“Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.'” - Author Unknown

[JakeTulane]

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[JakeTulane]

“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Stephan Grellet

[Diva]

A smile confuses an approaching frown.

~Author Unknown

[Diva]

A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home.

~Author Unknown

[Mister Bent]

"After you've been to fight club, watching football on television is watching pornography when you could be having great sex."

- Chuck Palahniuk

[Tucker]

‎...and she tried to love him. But she complained that he uttered such ordinary words, that he could never say the magic phrase which would open her being.

[justkim]

"Pray for what you want, but work for the things you need."
~ Unknown ~

[Leigh]

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp190/FindStuff2/Quotes%20and%20Sayings/Life/lifeBEST.jpg

[JAGG]

" Confessions of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and cleaner." Mohandas Gandhi

[ravfem]

"... See there's this place in me where your fingerprints still rest,
your kisses still linger, and your whispers softly echo.
It's the place where a part of you will forever be a part of me."
--Gretchen Kemp

[girl_dee]

Someone very special once told me this story.. very true indeed.



One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority,
and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:

"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

[miss entycing]

Love never dies a natural death.
It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source.
It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals.
It dies of illness and wounds;
and it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.

~Anais Nin~

[Erick]

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes By Francis William Bourdillon

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies,
When love is done.

http://www.lovepoems-lovepoetry.com/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes-by-francis-william-bourdillon/

[justkim]

Thank you for these words...



Someone very special once told me this story.. very true indeed.



One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority,
and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:

"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

[Arwen]

"Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh."
-Katharine Hepburn

[JakeTulane]

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." - John Kenneth Galbraith

[JakeTulane]

"Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a painful one. The person who emerges is a new person: no longer either oppressor or oppressed, but a person in the process of achieving freedom. It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors." - Paulo Freire

[JakeTulane]

"Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding."- Marcus Aurelius

[BestButchBoy]

"Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s the day to day living that wears you out."
—Anton Chekhovov

[Janstevie]

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

[girl_dee]

‎'Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.' Iyanla Vanzant

[justkim]

~ Let go of the place that holds,
let go of the place that flinches,
let go of the place that controls,
let go of the place that fears.
Just let the ground support me. ~

~ Stephanie Kaza ~

[justkim]

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."

~ Henry Miller ~

[Spirit Dancer]

"I have the choice of being constantly active and happy
or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between."
— Sylvia Plath

[Spirit Dancer]

"If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed."
— Sylvia Plath

[Spirit Dancer]

"Life has been some combination of fairy-tale coincidence
and joie de vivre and shocks of beauty together with some hurtful self-questioning."
— Sylvia Plath

[Spirit Dancer]

"What did my fingers do before they held him?
What did my heart do, with its love?"
— Sylvia Plath

[Gentle Tiger]

"Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power"

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Like a puma in the barren wilderness
Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent, starving I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disquiets me,
I search the liquid sound of your steps all day.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
For your hands the color of the wild grain,
I hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your loveliness,
The nose, sovereign of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

And I walk hungry, smelling the twilight
Looking for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barren wilderness.

[always2late]

"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."~ Martha Washington

[Spirit Dancer]

Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take. And as you begin to treat yourself with more respect, other people begin to do the same, since we subconsciously "train" others how to treat us through messages we send through body language, tone of voice, and other subtle cues and behaviors. Discovering your innate worth and living from that place allows you to make more constructive choices--to choose the higher roads of life.

Dan Millman

[JakeTulane]

"To be able to move on, one has to learn to forgive not only the person (or people) who have done one wrong but also oneself" - Eugenia Tripputi

[JakeTulane]

"When you start to abandoning your old beliefs or values... you may be stuck at the threshold for two or three years. Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs." - Dick Raymond

[JakeTulane]

"Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power." - Blaine Lee

[little_ms_sunshyne]

A heart can be broken; but it keeps beating just the same.
-- Fried Green Tomatoes

[Tucker]

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

[Diva]

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

~Jim Davis

[Diva]

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

~Buddy Hackett

[Tommi]

I make this vow to never squander me again

~Denton Welch

[always2late]

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill

[Spirit Dancer]

Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be,
it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.
We need to literally “count our blessings,” give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them,
and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.

Shakti Gawain

[Spirit Dancer]

To be free yourself, you have to release everyone else.

Stephen C. Paul

[Tommi]

I wanted my hands to be rain for her to wash away all hurt

~Minnie Bruce Pratt

[Spirit Dancer]

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When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,
Will be a tattered weed of small worth held.
Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days,
To say within thine own deep sunken eyes,
Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.
How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use,
If thou couldst answer, "This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,"
Proving his beauty by succession thine.
This were to be new made when thou art old,
And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

William Shakespeare

[Spirit Dancer]

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment--this day--is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day--each moment of this day--a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.
-- Dan Custer

[Nat]

Upon Discovering My Entire Solution to the Attainment of Immortality Erased from the Blackboard Except the Word 'Save' *
by Dobby Gibson

If you have seen the snow
somewhere slowly fall
on a bicycle,
then you understand
all beauty will be lost
and that even loss
can be beautiful.
And if you have looked
at a winter garden
and seen not a winter garden
but a meditation on shape,
then you understand why
this season is not
known for its words,
the cold too much
about the slowing of matter,
not enough about the making of it.
So you are blessed
to forget this way:
jump rope in the ice melt,
a mitten that has lost its hand,
a sun that shines
as if it doesn't mean it.
And if in another season
you see a beautiful woman
use her bare hands
to smooth wrinkles
from her expensive dress
for the sake of dignity,
but in so doing reveal
the outlines of her thighs,
then you will remember
surprise assumes a space
that has first been forgotten,
especially here, where we
rarely speak of it,
where we walk out onto the roofs
of frozen lakes
simply because we're stunned
we really can.

[Ms. Meander]

She has been too frightened to carry out any strategy, but now a road is opening up before her.

- Julia Alvarez (How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents)

[Maria]

No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter how sophisticated or enlightened you think you are, how you eat tells all.

Geneen Roth
Women, Food, and God

[StillettoDoll]

"We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something resricted to youth . How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40- and half things he know at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?"
Arthur C. Clark

[Rook]

Kevin Lomax: What about love?
John Milton: Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.
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Kevin Lomax: What are you?
John Milton: Oh, I have so many names...
Kevin Lomax: Satan, Lucifer.
John Milton: Call me Dad.
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Kevin Lomax: God dammit, what did you do to my wife ?!?!
John Milton: Well, on a scale of one to ten... ten being the most depraved act of sexual theatre known to man... one being your average Friday night run-through at the Lomaxes' household... I'd say, not to be immodest, Mary Ann and I got it on at about...
[counts on his fingers]
John Milton: ... seven.[grins]

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Your eyes are the sweetest stars I've ever seen.
-- Moulin Rouge

[MysticOceansFL]

Take my hand and follow me
to that place I long to be.
Take my hand and trust my way,
in that place forever stay.
Follow me toward the sand;
we'll run and play, hand in hand.
Take my heart and hold it true;
forever I'll stay close to you.
Seize my words and listen well,
then forever I will tell.
Release your heart and feelings too,
just as I will do for you.
Trust your heart and follow me,
to that place we long to be.

[Janstevie]

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.

[StillettoDoll]

"I love drugs, but I hate hangovers, and the hatred of the hangover wins by a landslide every time."
Margaret Cho

[girl_dee]

When one door of happiness closes, another opens: but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us
- Helen Keller -

[Diva]

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

~Leopold Stokowski