Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 333

The_Lady_Snow · 06-04-2011, 07:12 AM

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

~James Baldwin

JakeTulane · 06-04-2011, 07:58 AM

"We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment." - Jim Rohn

JakeTulane · 06-04-2011, 07:59 AM

"It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace." -George Bernard Shaw

JakeTulane · 06-04-2011, 08:01 AM

"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." - Walter Anderson

UofMfan · 06-04-2011, 08:27 AM

“Our Similarities bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other” ~ Tom Robbins

hpychick · 06-04-2011, 08:41 AM

"Denial,they say, stands for"Don't even notice I am lying." Human beings are the only animals who are happily lied to by our own minds about what is actually happening around us." Cesar Millan

Ms. Tabitha · 06-04-2011, 09:00 AM

"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world"
~ Josephine Billings

Ms. Tabitha · 06-04-2011, 09:03 AM

“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes"

~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Ms. Tabitha · 06-04-2011, 09:05 AM

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

2myladyblue · 06-04-2011, 11:28 AM

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience, your eyes have their silence:

in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,

you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skillfully, mysteriously) her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,

as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;

nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:

whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands.

Elijah · 06-04-2011, 11:35 AM

Last Night...

Last night, your long-lost memory came back to me as though
Spring stealthily should come to a forsaken wilderness
A gentle breeze its fragrance over burning deserts blow
Or, all at once be soothed somehow the sick soul’s distress.

~Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Fancy · 06-04-2011, 12:56 PM

"Uh, I got your rug all wet."

-Eric to Sookie (True Blood)

Janny · 06-04-2011, 01:04 PM

In this world you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.
-Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY-

dixie · 06-04-2011, 07:07 PM

"MAKE THEM ALLLLLL WISH THEY HAD A SECOND WITH YOU!!!"

This came from someone who is fast becoming a dear friend. It totally made me smile.

Softhearted · 06-04-2011, 07:07 PM

"It is better to debate a question without setting it than to settle a question without debating it" - Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)

JakeTulane · 06-05-2011, 08:05 AM

"The purpose of life is simply to live a life of purpose. With no reason to get up in the morning life can start to really get you down. Watch out retirees! Make sure you retire to something instead of from something." - Ricky K.

JakeTulane · 06-05-2011, 08:07 AM

"My life experience is that I am learning to become more of myself rather than comparing myself with other people. Other people expect me to be like them, but I don't want to be like them, I just want to be more of myself and to accept myself for who I am." - Sharon N.

JakeTulane · 06-05-2011, 08:09 AM

“Try to expect nothing, but be open for anything. Don’t look for happiness, but don’t settle for anything less.” — Unknown

Andrew, Jr. · 06-05-2011, 12:30 PM

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."

~ Jose Narosky

Andrew, Jr. · 06-05-2011, 12:35 PM

"Who is not broken in some way or another? Wounded people need healing, not additional bruises....The healing begins when I encounter someone who simply accepts me, listens to my story, and is willing to accompany me in the life I find myself in. Often it is a life without any joy or satisfaction, but it is a life that I have been entrapped in."

~Virgilio Elizondo in Virgilio Elizondo: Spiritual Writings, edited by Timothy Matovina (Orbis)

06-04-2011, 07:12 AM	#6641
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06-04-2011, 08:41 AM	#6646
hpychick Member How Do You Identify?: Feminine with a hammer Preferred Pronoun?: Girly Stuff Relationship Status: Jesse's Girl. She asked! I said yes! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minneapolis! Or as I like to call it - Many Happiness! Posts: 1,364 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,387 Thanked 1,417 Times in 499 Posts Rep Power: 15817345	"Denial,they say, stands for"Don't even notice I am lying." Human beings are the only animals who are happily lied to by our own minds about what is actually happening around us." Cesar Millan __________________ *~~greeting the world one cup of coffee at a time~~* http://www.waterfyi.com/wp-content/u...nn-300x168.jpg

06-04-2011, 11:28 AM	#6650
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	edward estlin cummings somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens (touching skillfully, mysteriously) her first rose or if your wish be to close me, i and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of your intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands. __________________ "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

06-04-2011, 11:35 AM	#6651
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06-04-2011, 01:04 PM	#6653
Janny Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: The glass slipper shattered and I can't stop staring at the shards. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 930 Thanked 223 Times in 92 Posts Rep Power: 6576866	In this world you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. -Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY- __________________ All the diamonds in this world that mean anything to me are conjured up by wind and sunlight sparkling on the sea. -Bruce Cockburn-

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06-04-2011, 08:01 AM	#6644
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." - Walter Anderson

06-04-2011, 08:27 AM	#6645
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06-04-2011, 09:00 AM	#6647
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06-04-2011, 09:05 AM	#6649
Ms. Tabitha Member How Do You Identify?: Hey Lady Preferred Pronoun?: Female Relationship Status: Married ~ 4-1-13 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,440 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 980 Thanked 3,581 Times in 1,040 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

06-04-2011, 12:56 PM	#6652
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06-04-2011, 07:07 PM	#6654
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06-05-2011, 08:05 AM	#6656
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"The purpose of life is simply to live a life of purpose. With no reason to get up in the morning life can start to really get you down. Watch out retirees! Make sure you retire to something instead of from something." - Ricky K.

06-05-2011, 08:07 AM	#6657
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"My life experience is that I am learning to become more of myself rather than comparing myself with other people. Other people expect me to be like them, but I don't want to be like them, I just want to be more of myself and to accept myself for who I am." - Sharon N.

06-05-2011, 08:09 AM	#6658
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Try to expect nothing, but be open for anything. Don’t look for happiness, but don’t settle for anything less.” — Unknown

06-05-2011, 12:30 PM	#6659
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06-05-2011, 12:35 PM	#6660
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	"Who is not broken in some way or another? Wounded people need healing, not additional bruises....The healing begins when I encounter someone who simply accepts me, listens to my story, and is willing to accompany me in the life I find myself in. Often it is a life without any joy or satisfaction, but it is a life that I have been entrapped in." ~Virgilio Elizondo in Virgilio Elizondo: Spiritual Writings, edited by Timothy Matovina (Orbis)