Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 135

JakeTulane · 06-16-2010, 07:06 AM

"Patience is the art of caring slowly."-- John Ciardi

Butterbean · 06-16-2010, 09:34 AM

Truth is rarely writ in ink; it lives in nature.

~Martin H. Fischer

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Fancy · 06-16-2010, 09:46 AM

A woman in love can't be reasonable,
or she probably wouldn't be in love.
~Mae West

nowandthen · 06-16-2010, 09:52 AM

Strung together like your pearl neckless, touched by sunlight,
reflecting the light in your eyes as you gaze upon me,
melting my hard shell into a pool,
that holds the moonlight,
inviting divinity in and demanding our attention
10'

Andrew, Jr. · 06-16-2010, 10:20 AM

"Smile, breathe, and go slowly." Thich Nhat Hanh

"To sit in shade on a fine day, & look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment." Jane Austen

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." Chinese Proverb

UofMfan · 06-16-2010, 10:25 AM

Ignorance is bliss.

Semantics · 06-16-2010, 10:59 AM

Night is over the park, and a few brave stars
Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold,
The lake bears up their reflection in broken bars
That seem too heavy for tremulous water to hold.

We watch the swans that sleep in a shadowy place,
And now and again one wakes and uplifts its head;
How still you are- your gaze is on my face-
We watch the swans and never a word is said

violaine · 06-16-2010, 12:58 PM

". . . it is not enough to believe what you see. you must also understand what you see . . ."

-- leonardo da vinci

evolveme · 06-16-2010, 01:04 PM

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.

- Erica Jong

evolveme · 06-16-2010, 01:05 PM

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

- Erica Jong

2myladyblue · 06-16-2010, 01:39 PM

a girl with the sun of her youth at her back
and the shadow of her womanhood
before her on the stones
is approaching with a delicate
clip clop clack
her sandals full of toes
that i suppose are headed home

it's early in the evening
and up and down the river
people begin to gather
pearls of laughter
on a strand

i thought solitude would save me
it was pious
it was grand

but the monk that walked beside me
just let go of my hand

violaine · 06-16-2010, 01:48 PM

"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't."
— Marilyn Monroe

2myladyblue · 06-16-2010, 01:51 PM

32 Flavors ~ ani

squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not between you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might wanna turn your head
cuz some day you are going to get hungry
and eat most of the words you just said

both my parents taught me about goodwill
and i have done well by their names
just the kindness i've lavished on strangers
is more than i can explain
still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
just so i would think they were not home
and hid in the dark of their windows
'til i passed and left them alone

and god help you if you are an ugly girl
course too pretty is also your doom
cuz everyone harbors a secret hatred
for the prettiest girl in the room
god help you if you are a phoenix
and you dare to rise up from the ash
a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
while you are just flying past

i never tried to give my life meaning
by demeaning you
and i would like to state for the record
i did everything that i could do
i'm not saying that i am a saint
i just don't wanna live that way
no i will never be a saint
but i will always say

squint your eyes and look closer
i'm not betwen you and your ambition
i am a poster girl with no poster
i am thirty-two flavors and then some
and i'm beyond your peripheral vision
so you might wanna turn your head
cuz some day you might find you are starving
and eating all of the words that you said

purepisces · 06-16-2010, 02:57 PM

Time is the fire in which we burn. ~ Delmore Schwartz

oblivia · 06-16-2010, 06:50 PM

"If given the choice, choose what makes your life larger rather than smaller."
~Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Diva · 06-16-2010, 06:54 PM

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friend, as she would have done for you!

~Diane Kathleen Rowland

Diva · 06-16-2010, 06:55 PM

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

~Arthur Miller

2myladyblue · 06-16-2010, 10:01 PM

First they came for the
socialists,
and I did not speak out
because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left
to speak for me.

~ Pastor Martin Niemoller

2myladyblue · 06-16-2010, 10:08 PM

"When I dare to be powerful---
to use my strength in the service of my vision,
then it becomes less and less important
whether I am afraid."
~Audre Lorde
(Feb.18, 1934 - Nov. 17, 1992)

2myladyblue · 06-16-2010, 10:14 PM

"Because we're a marginalized group, we end up having an external perspective on society. It gives us some freedom, some levity to rise above the basic mode of thought and contemplate outside of the system." ~ Alix Olson

06-16-2010, 09:52 AM	#2684
nowandthen Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Butch Preferred Pronoun?: S/he Relationship Status: In a realationship with my PhD. Dissertation work for the next 3 years Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: West Coast Posts: 508 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 400 Thanked 947 Times in 325 Posts Rep Power: 6580599	MOMENTS Strung together like your pearl neckless, touched by sunlight, reflecting the light in your eyes as you gaze upon me, melting my hard shell into a pool, that holds the moonlight, inviting divinity in and demanding our attention 10' __________________ "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you." "Does it hurt" asked the Rabbit, "Sometimes", said the Skin Horse, for he was always honest. " It's a Kind of testing, The kind of testing that spiritual warriors need in order to awaken their Heart" PC

06-16-2010, 10:59 AM	#2687
Semantics Senior Member How Do You Identify?: malapropist Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New England Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,367 Thanked 3,963 Times in 1,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Swans~ Sarah Teasdale Night is over the park, and a few brave stars Look on the lights that link it with chains of gold, The lake bears up their reflection in broken bars That seem too heavy for tremulous water to hold. We watch the swans that sleep in a shadowy place, And now and again one wakes and uplifts its head; How still you are- your gaze is on my face- We watch the swans and never a word is said

06-16-2010, 01:04 PM	#2689
evolveme Member How Do You Identify?: honeysuckle venom Preferred Pronoun?: a pistol and a sugar cane Relationship Status: I promise to aid and abet Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in between poems where ceilings are floors and joe ghost floats achromatic toward day Posts: 514 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 229 Thanked 735 Times in 228 Posts Rep Power: 503699	Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. - Erica Jong __________________ Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. - Dorothy Allison

06-16-2010, 01:05 PM	#2690
evolveme Member How Do You Identify?: honeysuckle venom Preferred Pronoun?: a pistol and a sugar cane Relationship Status: I promise to aid and abet Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in between poems where ceilings are floors and joe ghost floats achromatic toward day Posts: 514 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 229 Thanked 735 Times in 228 Posts Rep Power: 503699	Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. - Erica Jong __________________ Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. - Dorothy Allison

06-16-2010, 01:39 PM	#2691
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	Clip Clop Clack ~ ani a girl with the sun of her youth at her back and the shadow of her womanhood before her on the stones is approaching with a delicate clip clop clack her sandals full of toes that i suppose are headed home it's early in the evening and up and down the river people begin to gather pearls of laughter on a strand i thought solitude would save me it was pious it was grand but the monk that walked beside me just let go of my hand __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-16-2010, 07:06 AM	#2681
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06-16-2010, 09:34 AM	#2682
Butterbean Member How Do You Identify?: ---- Preferred Pronoun?: ---- Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: ----- Posts: 1,143 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,417 Thanked 2,215 Times in 771 Posts Rep Power: 17690475	Truth is rarely writ in ink; it lives in nature. ~Martin H. Fischer .

06-16-2010, 09:46 AM	#2683
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,077 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	A woman in love can't be reasonable, or she probably wouldn't be in love. ~Mae West

06-16-2010, 10:20 AM	#2685
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Smile, breathe, and go slowly." Thich Nhat Hanh "To sit in shade on a fine day, & look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment." Jane Austen "Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." Chinese Proverb

06-16-2010, 10:25 AM	#2686
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,935 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Ignorance is bliss.

06-16-2010, 12:58 PM	#2688
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	". . . it is not enough to believe what you see. you must also understand what you see . . ." -- leonardo da vinci

06-16-2010, 01:48 PM	#2692
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't." — Marilyn Monroe

06-16-2010, 01:51 PM	#2693
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	For Ravfem...happy belated, girl! 32 Flavors ~ ani squint your eyes and look closer i'm not between you and your ambition i am a poster girl with no poster i am thirty-two flavors and then some and i'm beyond your peripheral vision so you might wanna turn your head cuz some day you are going to get hungry and eat most of the words you just said both my parents taught me about goodwill and i have done well by their names just the kindness i've lavished on strangers is more than i can explain still there's many who've turned out their porch lights just so i would think they were not home and hid in the dark of their windows 'til i passed and left them alone and god help you if you are an ugly girl course too pretty is also your doom cuz everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room god help you if you are a phoenix and you dare to rise up from the ash a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying past i never tried to give my life meaning by demeaning you and i would like to state for the record i did everything that i could do i'm not saying that i am a saint i just don't wanna live that way no i will never be a saint but i will always say squint your eyes and look closer i'm not betwen you and your ambition i am a poster girl with no poster i am thirty-two flavors and then some and i'm beyond your peripheral vision so you might wanna turn your head cuz some day you might find you are starving and eating all of the words that you said __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-16-2010, 02:57 PM	#2694
purepisces Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Just a girl in love with the world Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 604 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,477 Thanked 1,607 Times in 491 Posts Rep Power: 9710905	Time is the fire in which we burn. ~ Delmore Schwartz __________________ Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

06-16-2010, 06:50 PM	#2695
oblivia Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Married, treasured, and adored Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 472 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,582 Thanked 1,430 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 0	"If given the choice, choose what makes your life larger rather than smaller." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estés

06-16-2010, 06:54 PM	#2696
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friend, as she would have done for you! ~Diane Kathleen Rowland

06-16-2010, 06:55 PM	#2697
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. ~Arthur Miller

06-16-2010, 10:01 PM	#2698
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me. ~ Pastor Martin Niemoller __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-16-2010, 10:08 PM	#2699
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	"When I dare to be powerful--- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." ~Audre Lorde (Feb.18, 1934 - Nov. 17, 1992) __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

06-16-2010, 10:14 PM	#2700
2myladyblue Member How Do You Identify?: Goddess Preferred Pronoun?: ...oui? Relationship Status: Worshipped Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Winterpeg, Manisnowba, The Great White North Posts: 430 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,255 Thanked 455 Times in 186 Posts Rep Power: 90765	"Because we're a marginalized group, we end up having an external perspective on society. It gives us some freedom, some levity to rise above the basic mode of thought and contemplate outside of the system." ~ Alix Olson __________________ "i believe people are see-through if you hold em up to the light i believe people are enlightening if you plug em in right" ~ alix olson "All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for." ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes