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Butterbean · 07-26-2013, 08:07 AM

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Butterbean · 07-26-2013, 08:10 AM

“There are women who make things better... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday... Women like you.”
― Ashley Rice

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 10:53 AM

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 10:54 AM

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 11:05 AM

~baby~doll~ · 07-26-2013, 11:50 AM

~baby~doll~ · 07-26-2013, 11:52 AM

~baby~doll~ · 07-26-2013, 11:57 AM

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 12:11 PM

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 01:56 PM

o'queery · 07-26-2013, 02:00 PM

Genesis · 07-26-2013, 02:02 PM

Semantics · 07-26-2013, 05:54 PM

“Dad once noted (somewhat morbidly, I thought at the time) that American
institutions would be infinitely more successful in facilitating the pursuit of knowledge
if they held classes at night, rather than in the daytime, from
8:00 PM to 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. As I ran through the darkness,
I understood what he meant. Frank red brick, sunny classrooms, symmetrical quads
and courts- it was a setting that mislead kids to believe that
Knowledge, that Life itself, was bright, clear, and freshly mowed.
Dad said a student would be infinitely better off going out into the world if he/she studied the periodic table of elements,
Madame Bovary, the sexual reproduction of a sunflower for example,
with deformed shadows congregating on the classroom walls,
the silhouettes of fingers and pencils leaking onto the floor, gastric howls from unseen radiators,
and a teacher's face not flat and faded, not delicately pasteled by a golden late afternoon, but serpentine, gargoyled,
Cyclopsed by the inky dark and feeble light from a candle. He/she would
understand "everything and nothing," Dad said, if there was nothing
discernible in the windows but a lamppost mobbed by blaze-crazy moths
and darkness, reticent and unfeeling, as darkness always was.”

Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

JAGG · 07-26-2013, 06:05 PM

“Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.”
― Unknown

“Never be angry with something that can't get angry with you.”
― Jack Gardner

“Patience is the direct antithesis of anger.”
― Allan Lokos,

Ts_kaijira · 07-26-2013, 10:31 PM

ITHACA

As you set out for Ithaca
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon – don’t be afraid of them:
you’ ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
wild Poseidon – you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbours you’re seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind -
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you’re destined for.
But don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn’t have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaca won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
and this is the meaning of Ithaca.

Author : Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis

sierragirrl · 07-27-2013, 12:30 AM

I might not be someone's first choice but I am a great choice
I may not be rich but I am valuable
I don't pretend to be someone I am not, because I am good being me
I might not be proud of some of the things I have done in the past, but I am proud of who I am today
I may not be perfect but I don't need to be.
Take me as I am
or watch me as I walk away

Kobi · 07-27-2013, 06:31 AM

Miss Scarlett · 07-28-2013, 07:24 AM

Miss Scarlett · 07-28-2013, 07:32 AM

Miss Scarlett · 07-28-2013, 11:23 AM

07-26-2013, 11:50 AM	#12786
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07-26-2013, 11:57 AM	#12788
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07-26-2013, 02:00 PM	#12791
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07-26-2013, 06:05 PM	#12794
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07-26-2013, 08:07 AM	#12781
Butterbean Member How Do You Identify?: ---- Preferred Pronoun?: ---- Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: ----- Posts: 1,143 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,417 Thanked 2,217 Times in 772 Posts Rep Power: 17690476	“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

07-26-2013, 08:10 AM	#12782
Butterbean Member How Do You Identify?: ---- Preferred Pronoun?: ---- Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: ----- Posts: 1,143 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,417 Thanked 2,217 Times in 772 Posts Rep Power: 17690476	“There are women who make things better... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday... Women like you.” ― Ashley Rice

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07-26-2013, 05:54 PM	#12793
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	“Dad once noted (somewhat morbidly, I thought at the time) that American institutions would be infinitely more successful in facilitating the pursuit of knowledge if they held classes at night, rather than in the daytime, from 8:00 PM to 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. As I ran through the darkness, I understood what he meant. Frank red brick, sunny classrooms, symmetrical quads and courts- it was a setting that mislead kids to believe that Knowledge, that Life itself, was bright, clear, and freshly mowed. Dad said a student would be infinitely better off going out into the world if he/she studied the periodic table of elements, Madame Bovary, the sexual reproduction of a sunflower for example, with deformed shadows congregating on the classroom walls, the silhouettes of fingers and pencils leaking onto the floor, gastric howls from unseen radiators, and a teacher's face not flat and faded, not delicately pasteled by a golden late afternoon, but serpentine, gargoyled, Cyclopsed by the inky dark and feeble light from a candle. He/she would understand "everything and nothing," Dad said, if there was nothing discernible in the windows but a lamppost mobbed by blaze-crazy moths and darkness, reticent and unfeeling, as darkness always was.” Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

07-26-2013, 10:31 PM	#12795
Ts_kaijira Member How Do You Identify?: Tommi's Kaijira Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: tied up Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: earth Posts: 161 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 538 Thanked 703 Times in 148 Posts Rep Power: 18509883	I so need to go to Greece someday... ITHACA As you set out for Ithaca hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon – don’t be afraid of them: you’ ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, wild Poseidon – you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope your road is a long one. May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbours you’re seeing for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stations to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony, sensual perfume of every kind - as many sensual perfumes as you can; and may you visit many Egyptian cities to learn and go on learning from their scholars. Keep Ithaca always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way, not expecting Ithaca to make you rich. Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey. Without her you wouldn’t have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaca won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, and this is the meaning of Ithaca. Author : Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis __________________ A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life. H Hesse, Steppenwolf

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