Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 524

JustLovelyJenn · 12-10-2012, 04:54 AM

JustLovelyJenn · 12-10-2012, 05:06 AM

Nomad · 12-10-2012, 06:14 AM

we don't see things as they are. we see them as we are.

Fatale · 12-10-2012, 09:09 AM

I saw that.

~Karma

cinnamongrrl · 12-10-2012, 09:46 AM

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

Socrates

Semantics · 12-11-2012, 08:28 AM

What am I missing? Leave me in the night but please don't leave me in the dark.

-Tom Robbins

falloutmk · 12-11-2012, 08:50 AM

"Take these sunken eyes and learn to see; you were always waiting for the moment to be free." - Blackbird, The Beatles

Nat · 12-11-2012, 09:26 AM

"You need some grandeur, some magnificence in your life - you can only eat so much of the bread of humility. You need passion and music and grace."

- Garrison Keillor

Nomad · 12-11-2012, 11:46 AM

no body wants to admit the truth about love. the truth is that love is hell and when you're doing it right you're gonna experience some pain. we tolerate all sorts of crappy moods and bad decisions and we hand over the keys to our shame and our dirty secrets knowing that they're gonna get used eventually, at least by accident or in a moment of weakness because human beings are frail, you know? really fucking frail.

the other thing no one wants to admit is that sometimes love isn't enough to keep things together and anyone who says different is a liar or hasnt been in love yet. all relationships end. whether someone walks away or somebody dies, it's gonna be over one day. when you're face down in the dirt because you left someone or they left you and you're blaming God for not inventing some kind of temporary death so you can check out for a few months and avoid all that crazy pain and cursing your stupidity for losing everything you paid for in blood...well...that's when we realize we're...you know...just the most desperate we can be to believe that the love was real. right? because if you cant believe then you spend the rest of your life terrified that everything else is gonna be a lie too. if you cant believe it was all real, right there when you're pathetic and naked and in the gutter, you sure as hell dont wanna step up for another fist in the mouth. and that's what love is; it's a fist in the mouth and people spend their lives waiting for the chance at a knuckle sandwich.

listen, at the end of the day, every human being has to understand that the love they feel is real even when they're at the end of their rope and cant hang on anymore. i mean, come on! that's how love works man! you hang on and hang on because it is real and not some fucking anemic copy of love that disintegrated the first time you got angry at each other or hurt one another! see? because that's what human beings do - we hurt one another and we do a fucking good job of it. that doesnt mean it isnt love. as a matter of fact, it's probably the best indicator that it is. it really is. it really, really is.

Steven Tyler

Katniss · 12-11-2012, 12:36 PM

Take joy!

There is nothing I can give you, which you have not; But there is much, while I cannot give, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy! There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Our joys too: be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts. And so, at this time, I greet you. With the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away.
--Fra Giovanni 1513

Katniss~~ (ran across this while looking at Tasha Tudor illustrations and wanted to share)

Talon · 12-11-2012, 03:45 PM

You must not only aim right>>

but draw the bow with all of your might.

~Henry David Thoreau

UofMfan · 12-11-2012, 07:23 PM

little_ms_sunshyne · 12-11-2012, 08:41 PM

"I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.”
― Sara Gruen

Jesse · 12-11-2012, 08:42 PM

If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished? ~Rumi

cinnamongrrl · 12-11-2012, 09:26 PM

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

thedivahrrrself · 12-11-2012, 11:48 PM

“There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.”
(unknown)

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”
~ Barbara De Angelis

"I used to think that if I was who I am, if I showed weakness or sadness people would turn away, and not want me in their lives anymore. Now I realize that it is the very act of sharing, truly, from the heart and soul, that brings more love into your life, that binds people together ... More and more I see, the more open and loving you are, the more comes your way to love."
(unknown)

“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
~ Erica Jong (American writer and feminist, 1942)

puddin' · 12-12-2012, 11:28 AM

"i dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." ~n. simpson

"this is my social face, do not confuse it for the animal beneath" ~unknown

Nomad · 12-12-2012, 12:56 PM

unanswered questions torture the soul more than any other injury human beings can inflict on it. if, during the course of your life, you can leave as few questions as possible unanswered in the minds and hearts of those who knew you then you will have truly understood what it is to be compassionate.

henry david thoreau

Prudence · 12-12-2012, 04:12 PM

"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back".........Babe Ruth

Talon · 12-13-2012, 11:13 AM

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.

*Albert Einstein

12-10-2012, 04:54 AM	#10461
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,991 Times in 3,684 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	__________________ --Jenn

12-10-2012, 05:06 AM	#10462
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,991 Times in 3,684 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	__________________ --Jenn

12-10-2012, 06:14 AM	#10463
Nomad Timed Out How Do You Identify?: stone femme Daddy's girl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: disinterested Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: in my head Posts: 991 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,848 Thanked 3,745 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 0	Anais Nin we don't see things as they are. we see them as we are.

12-11-2012, 09:26 AM	#10468
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender (DID System) Preferred Pronoun?: he/him or alter-specific Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Central TX Posts: 3,537 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,047 Thanked 13,968 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"You need some grandeur, some magnificence in your life - you can only eat so much of the bread of humility. You need passion and music and grace." - Garrison Keillor __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

12-11-2012, 08:41 PM	#10473
little_ms_sunshyne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: . Posts: 3,312 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,339 Thanked 12,241 Times in 2,541 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	This one made me blush... "I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin.” ― Sara Gruen

12-10-2012, 09:09 AM	#10464
Fatale Member How Do You Identify?: Not your average babe in the woods. Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Singular Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: The edge Posts: 210 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22 Thanked 896 Times in 166 Posts Rep Power: 12150548	I saw that. ~Karma

12-10-2012, 09:46 AM	#10465
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,246 Thanked 27,604 Times in 6,959 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him. Socrates

12-11-2012, 08:28 AM	#10466
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: 21474854	What am I missing? Leave me in the night but please don't leave me in the dark. -Tom Robbins

12-11-2012, 08:50 AM	#10467
falloutmk Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Queer Preferred Pronoun?: Ze, Zir, or She, her, ect if needed. Relationship Status: Single, Poly, and happy. Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Posts: 88 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 105 Thanked 296 Times in 68 Posts Rep Power: 3839795	"Take these sunken eyes and learn to see; you were always waiting for the moment to be free." - Blackbird, The Beatles

12-11-2012, 11:46 AM	#10469
Nomad Timed Out How Do You Identify?: stone femme Daddy's girl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: disinterested Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: in my head Posts: 991 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,848 Thanked 3,745 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 0	no body wants to admit the truth about love. the truth is that love is hell and when you're doing it right you're gonna experience some pain. we tolerate all sorts of crappy moods and bad decisions and we hand over the keys to our shame and our dirty secrets knowing that they're gonna get used eventually, at least by accident or in a moment of weakness because human beings are frail, you know? really fucking frail. the other thing no one wants to admit is that sometimes love isn't enough to keep things together and anyone who says different is a liar or hasnt been in love yet. all relationships end. whether someone walks away or somebody dies, it's gonna be over one day. when you're face down in the dirt because you left someone or they left you and you're blaming God for not inventing some kind of temporary death so you can check out for a few months and avoid all that crazy pain and cursing your stupidity for losing everything you paid for in blood...well...that's when we realize we're...you know...just the most desperate we can be to believe that the love was real. right? because if you cant believe then you spend the rest of your life terrified that everything else is gonna be a lie too. if you cant believe it was all real, right there when you're pathetic and naked and in the gutter, you sure as hell dont wanna step up for another fist in the mouth. and that's what love is; it's a fist in the mouth and people spend their lives waiting for the chance at a knuckle sandwich. listen, at the end of the day, every human being has to understand that the love they feel is real even when they're at the end of their rope and cant hang on anymore. i mean, come on! that's how love works man! you hang on and hang on because it is real and not some fucking anemic copy of love that disintegrated the first time you got angry at each other or hurt one another! see? because that's what human beings do - we hurt one another and we do a fucking good job of it. that doesnt mean it isnt love. as a matter of fact, it's probably the best indicator that it is. it really is. it really, really is. Steven Tyler

12-11-2012, 12:36 PM	#10470
Katniss Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Dame, doll, twist, dish Preferred Pronoun?: Ladylike ones Relationship Status: ***** Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: We drink sweet tea here Posts: 2,903 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,654 Thanked 10,372 Times in 2,089 Posts Rep Power**: 21474852	Take joy! There is nothing I can give you, which you have not; But there is much, while I cannot give, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy! There is a radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Our joys too: be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts. And so, at this time, I greet you. With the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away. --Fra Giovanni 1513 Katniss~~ (ran across this while looking at Tasha Tudor illustrations and wanted to share)

12-11-2012, 03:45 PM	#10471
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	You must not only aim right>> but draw the bow with all of your might. ~Henry David Thoreau

12-11-2012, 07:23 PM	#10472
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

12-11-2012, 08:42 PM	#10474
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,782 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished? ~Rumi __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

12-11-2012, 09:26 PM	#10475
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,246 Thanked 27,604 Times in 6,959 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-11-2012, 11:48 PM	#10476
thedivahrrrself Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Sapiosexual Femme Relationship Status: Mrs. Grumpy Cat Tournaments Won: 4 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 8,660 feet high in the Andes Posts: 2,640 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,519 Thanked 11,656 Times in 2,292 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	“There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.” (unknown) “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” ~ Barbara De Angelis "I used to think that if I was who I am, if I showed weakness or sadness people would turn away, and not want me in their lives anymore. Now I realize that it is the very act of sharing, truly, from the heart and soul, that brings more love into your life, that binds people together ... More and more I see, the more open and loving you are, the more comes your way to love." (unknown) “Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.” ~ Erica Jong (American writer and feminist, 1942) __________________ Small business owners around the world use microfinance to help expand their businesses and provide for their families. You can help! Click here to learn about Kiva.

12-12-2012, 11:28 AM	#10477
puddin' Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: a genderqueer nuisance Preferred Pronoun?: bitchboi Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: new zealand Posts: 7,120 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,467 Thanked 7,962 Times in 2,340 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	"i dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." ~n. simpson "this is my social face, do not confuse it for the animal beneath" ~unknown __________________ be true, be you, be brave.

12-12-2012, 12:56 PM	#10478
Nomad Timed Out How Do You Identify?: stone femme Daddy's girl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: disinterested Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: in my head Posts: 991 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,848 Thanked 3,745 Times in 734 Posts Rep Power: 0	unanswered questions torture the soul more than any other injury human beings can inflict on it. if, during the course of your life, you can leave as few questions as possible unanswered in the minds and hearts of those who knew you then you will have truly understood what it is to be compassionate. henry david thoreau

12-12-2012, 04:12 PM	#10479
Prudence Member How Do You Identify?: "congratulations, it's a girl" Preferred Pronoun?: Woman Relationship Status: single Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Second star to the right, and straight on till morning. Posts: 509 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,333 Thanked 1,177 Times in 363 Posts Rep Power: 9187054	"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back".........Babe Ruth __________________ "There is a vitality, a life force, and energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique."---Martha Graham

12-13-2012, 11:13 AM	#10480
Talon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Divine Feminine Preferred Pronoun?: . Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: . Posts: 4,921 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,246 Thanked 10,223 Times in 3,305 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. *Albert Einstein