People in hell want ice water, but they're not gonna get it. - Judge Joe Brown.

"If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?"

In trying to get our own way, we should remember that kisses are sweeter than whine. (f)

~Author Unknown

Initial kisses leave
monograms of lust on mouths,
fingers intertwined beneath
covers and street lights,

Laughter tangled in sheets
skimming over crescent mooned skin,
desire and nails dug in for
the long haul,

Paused at the precipice
of no return,
pointedly delaying the
imagined inevitable,

Pushing in and through
long, tight months of aching,
telephonic breath no longer
at the mercy of dropped signals,

Palm struck flesh
chilled by cool hands mapping you,
lips knowing no borders,
longing the only currency.

~Fatale

*sigh* I love quotes...
 

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen. - Sarah Ban Breathnach.

We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present. - Marianne Williamson.

***that's very good, fatale. you show a lot of talent, as usual **** :)

“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”― Sarah Dessen


“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”― A.A. Milne

“I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.” ― John Green

“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It's not overrated. There's a reason for all those songs.”― Sara Dessen


I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once.” ― John Green




“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.” ― Nicholas Sparks

Rilke....1st translation
 

EVENING

Slowly now the evening changes his garments
held for him by a rim of ancient trees;
you gaze: and the landscape divides and leaves you,
one sinking and one rising toward the sky.
And you are left, to none belonging wholly,
not so dark as a silent house, nor quite
so surely pledged unto eternity
as that which grows to star and climbs the night.
To you is left (unspeakably confused)
your life, gigantic, ripening, full of fears,
so that it, now hemmed in, now grasping all,
is changed in you by turns to stone and stars.
Rainer Maria Rilke


Katniss~~ (I am going to post this same poem with a different translator's take on Rilke. I find it interesting how things are interpreted although the original words were constant)

Rlke-Evening (2nd/Mitchell) translation
 

The sky puts on the darkening blue coat
held for it by a row of ancient trees;
you watch: and the lands grow distant in your sight,
one journeying to heaven, one that falls;

and leave you, not at home in either one,
not quite so still and dark as the darkened houses,
not calling to eternity with the passion of what becomes
a star each night, and rises;

and leave you (inexpressibly to unravel)
your life, with its immensity and fear,
so that, now bounded, now immeasurable,
it is alternately stone in you and star.



Katniss~~ (I like this translation best)

Louis MacNeice--excerpt from "Autumn Journal"
 

September has come and I wake And I think with joy how whatever, now or in future, the system
Nothing whatever can take The people away, there will always be people For friends or for lovers though perhaps The conditions of love will be changed and its vices diminished
And affection not lapse To narrow possessiveness, jealousy founded on vanity. September has come, it is hers Whose vitality leaps in the autumn, Whose nature prefers Trees without leaves and a fire in the fire-place; So I give her this month and the next Though the whole of my year should be hers who has rendered already
So many of its days intolerable or perplexed But so many more so happy; Who has left a scent on my life and left my walls Dancing over and over with her shadow, Whose hair is twined in all my waterfalls And all of London littered with remembered kisses.



Katniss~~

In the wake of strong winds, fallen trees and downed power lines, I'm reminded of what's most important to me. Love of God, Self and the people in my life.(f)

~Me

“When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things:
either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.”
― O.R. Melling, The Summer King


“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss


“An unconventional idea or technique that seems outrageous today could lay the foundation for traditions of tomorrow.”
― Jeraldine Saunders

The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect she might be, she was as irreversibly altered as I was. As I would always belong to her, so would she always be mine.” ― Stephenie Meyer


“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.”― Nicholas Sparks

“Happiness is a state of activity.” ― Aristotle

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ― Buddha

“Life Shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” ― Anais Nin

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephron

"Pies, like the internet, need content. Otherwise it's just....a crust?"- Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen, Season 2 episode 1: Meat Pies

"Experimenting with food is like experimenting with your sexuality. How do you know you're not a big homo?"-Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen, Chocolate Shuffle

"The Internet is about watching people do things you wish you were doing."-Grace Helbig

"If your glasses are more than a quarter-inch thick, I assume you know everything about music."- Grace Helbig

"Stop, drop, and use your words."- Grace Helbig