Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 13

Pixie · 12-25-2009, 09:03 AM

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. ~Charles Dickens

Arwen · 12-25-2009, 10:08 AM

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

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun

How are you going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued? Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.--Anne Lamott (in Starting Over)

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.--Booker T. Washington

Diva · 12-25-2009, 12:46 PM

You want a man who will cover your eyes & lead you down to the beach
just so you can discover the feel of sand beneath your feet.
You want a guy who will wake you up at dawn
bursting to talk to you, because he can't wait another minute
just to find out what you're going to say.

~From "Runaway Bride" (Richard Gere & Julia Roberts)

weatherboi · 12-25-2009, 01:23 PM

I love Pearl Jam

Yes, I understand that every life must end, uh-huh
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh
Oh I’m a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love
Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they’ve got none

Stay with me…
Let’s just breathe…

Practiced all my sins, never gonna let me win, uh-huh
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh
I don’t wanna hurt, there’s so much in this world to make me believe

Stay with me
You’re all I see…

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn’t I’m a fool you see
No one knows this more than me

As I come clean…
I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
Everything you gave
And nothing you would save, oh no

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave…

Did I say that I need you?
Oh, did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn’t I’m a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
And I come clean, ah…

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me til I die
Meet you on the other side…

Jet · 12-25-2009, 01:36 PM

What though the radiance
which was once so bright
be now forever taken
from my sight
Though nothing can bring back the hour
of splendour in the grass
or glory in the flower,
we will grieve not.
Rather find strength
in what remains behind
—Wordsworth

Gemme · 12-25-2009, 05:39 PM

In reference to the leaves in his backyard, my dad said they were "knee high, no BUTT high to a giraffe!"

It's about what we take from it, right?

Arwen · 12-26-2009, 10:01 AM

As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.--Isabelle Holland (The Long Search)

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.--Joseph Roux (Meditations of a Parish Priest)

Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.--Gerald Jampolsky

Forgiveness is giving up the right to retaliate. Forgiveness is the willingness to have something happen the way it happened. It's not true that you can't forgive something; it's a matter of the will, and you always have the choice. Forgiveness is never dependent on what the other person does or does not do; it is always under our control. Forgiveness is giving up the insistence on being understood....--Pixie Koestline Hammond (For Everything There Is a Season)

Diva · 12-26-2009, 10:42 AM

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

Pixie · 12-26-2009, 11:02 AM

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”

SassyLeo · 12-26-2009, 04:08 PM

Beau · 12-26-2009, 04:42 PM

“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
-- Andre Gide

Diva · 12-26-2009, 04:58 PM

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

~Sarah Ban Breathnach

Diva · 12-26-2009, 06:52 PM

Not knowing when the dawn will come,
I open every door.

~Emily Dickinson

always2late · 12-26-2009, 06:55 PM

"Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. Put them to work today." ~ Wilfred A. Peterson

Duchess · 12-26-2009, 08:14 PM

My karma ran over your dogma. ~Author Unknown

Ms. Meander · 12-27-2009, 07:22 AM

"However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup."
~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman

little man · 12-27-2009, 08:07 AM

Eternity

He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise.

--William Blake

Arwen · 12-27-2009, 09:59 AM

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.--Anna Quindlen

Semantics · 12-27-2009, 10:28 AM

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

Chuck Palahniuk

weatherboi · 12-27-2009, 11:40 AM

Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.

Robbie Turner-Atonement

12-25-2009, 09:03 AM	#241
Pixie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Equal Opportunity Friend Preferred Pronoun?: Girl Relationship Status: in service Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sacramento! Posts: 2,868 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,691 Thanked 4,103 Times in 1,332 Posts Rep Power: 15274784	I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. ~Charles Dickens __________________ Unexplored glimmering in the rough How does a diamond hide? -Pixie-

12-25-2009, 10:08 AM	#242
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,123 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	On Being Yourself Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.--Dr. Suess Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun How are you going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued? Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.--Anne Lamott (in Starting Over) I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.--Booker T. Washington __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

12-25-2009, 05:39 PM	#246
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,631 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,496 Thanked 108,178 Times in 25,669 Posts Rep Power: 21474887	In reference to the leaves in his backyard, my dad said they were "knee high, no BUTT high to a giraffe!" It's about what we take from it, right? __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

12-26-2009, 10:01 AM	#247
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,123 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind.--Isabelle Holland (The Long Search) The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.--Joseph Roux (Meditations of a Parish Priest) Forgiveness is an inner correction that lightens the heart. It is for our peace of mind first. Being at peace, we will now have peace to give to others, and this is the most permanent and valuable gift we can possibly give.--Gerald Jampolsky Forgiveness is giving up the right to retaliate. Forgiveness is the willingness to have something happen the way it happened. It's not true that you can't forgive something; it's a matter of the will, and you always have the choice. Forgiveness is never dependent on what the other person does or does not do; it is always under our control. Forgiveness is giving up the insistence on being understood....--Pixie Koestline Hammond (For Everything There Is a Season) __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

12-26-2009, 11:02 AM	#249
Pixie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Equal Opportunity Friend Preferred Pronoun?: Girl Relationship Status: in service Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sacramento! Posts: 2,868 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,691 Thanked 4,103 Times in 1,332 Posts Rep Power: 15274784	“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” __________________ Unexplored glimmering in the rough How does a diamond hide? -Pixie-

12-25-2009, 12:46 PM	#243
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 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	You want a man who will cover your eyes & lead you down to the beach just so you can discover the feel of sand beneath your feet. You want a guy who will wake you up at dawn bursting to talk to you, because he can't wait another minute just to find out what you're going to say. ~From "Runaway Bride" (Richard Gere & Julia Roberts)

12-25-2009, 01:23 PM	#244
weatherboi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?: Hey boy!!! Relationship Status: counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!! Posts: 6,097 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,797 Thanked 12,549 Times in 2,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I love Pearl Jam Yes, I understand that every life must end, uh-huh As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh Oh I’m a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they’ve got none Stay with me… Let’s just breathe… Practiced all my sins, never gonna let me win, uh-huh Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh I don’t wanna hurt, there’s so much in this world to make me believe Stay with me You’re all I see… Did I say that I need you? Did I say that I want you? Oh, if I didn’t I’m a fool you see No one knows this more than me As I come clean… I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh Everything you gave And nothing you would save, oh no Nothing you would take Everything you gave… Did I say that I need you? Oh, did I say that I want you? Oh, if I didn’t I’m a fool you see No one knows this more than me And I come clean, ah… Nothing you would take Everything you gave Hold me til I die Meet you on the other side…

12-25-2009, 01:36 PM	#245
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	What though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass or glory in the flower, we will grieve not. Rather find strength in what remains behind —Wordsworth

12-26-2009, 10:42 AM	#248
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 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	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

12-26-2009, 04:08 PM	#250
SassyLeo Is Grateful How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Engaged Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The PDX Posts: 1,526 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 846 Thanked 1,579 Times in 621 Posts Rep Power: 856202	__________________ Joy is the best makeup -Anne Lamott

12-26-2009, 04:42 PM	#251
Beau Timed Out How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: . Posts: 178 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 71 Thanked 339 Times in 87 Posts Rep Power: 0	authentically fucked up “The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.” -- Andre Gide

12-26-2009, 04:58 PM	#252
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 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	The authentic self is the soul made visible. ~Sarah Ban Breathnach

12-26-2009, 06:52 PM	#253
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 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. ~Emily Dickinson

12-26-2009, 06:55 PM	#254
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. Put them to work today." ~ Wilfred A. Peterson __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

12-26-2009, 08:14 PM	#255
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,592 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	*My karma ran over your dogma. ~Author Unknown* __________________ *無料のライブ*

12-27-2009, 07:22 AM	#256
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,218 Times in 1,148 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	*"However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup."* ~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman

12-27-2009, 08:07 AM	#257
little man Member How Do You Identify?: mister Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: hard to hold Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where the road goes on forever and the party never ends Posts: 1,003 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 169 Thanked 1,534 Times in 437 Posts Rep Power: 13709164	Eternity He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. --William Blake __________________ i gots pitchers here i'm a rambling man i ain't ever gonna change i got a gypsy soul to blame and i was born for leaving --zac brown band (colder weather)

12-27-2009, 09:59 AM	#258
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,123 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.--Anna Quindlen __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

12-27-2009, 10:28 AM	#259
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 3,972 Times in 1,201 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin. Chuck Palahniuk

12-27-2009, 11:40 AM	#260
weatherboi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?: Hey boy!!! Relationship Status: counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!! Posts: 6,097 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,797 Thanked 12,549 Times in 2,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame. Robbie Turner-Atonement