Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 840

Genesis · 04-16-2015, 09:34 AM

Genesis · 04-16-2015, 09:37 AM

ahk · 04-16-2015, 02:14 PM

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.--Julie Andrews

jenny · 04-17-2015, 10:46 AM

“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.'” ~ Toni Morrison

Tierney · 04-17-2015, 03:51 PM

“How happy is the little stone
That rambles in the road alone,
And doesn't care about careers,
And exigencies never fears;
Whose coat of elemental brown
A passing universe put on;
And independent as the sun,
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute decree
In casual simplicity.”

― Emily Dickinson

Tierney · 04-17-2015, 03:55 PM

“Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind."― Billie-Jo Williams

Genesis · 04-17-2015, 10:07 PM

MegBluEyz · 04-17-2015, 10:52 PM

“We are born to long for understanding, to reach for the unreachable,
to search for meaning in the hieroglyphs that decorate the walls we create
home within. It took you, only, to realize that some words are born without
translation.”
-Tyler Knott Gregson-

BestButchBoy · 04-18-2015, 03:22 AM

CHOOSE
TO BE
OPTIMISTIC.
IT FEELS BETTER.

Tierney · 04-19-2015, 06:59 AM

“Well, now
If little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you
Little by little
If suddenly you forget me
Do not look for me
For I shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life
And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots
Remember - That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms
And my roots will set off to seek another land”

― Pablo Neruda

Tierney · 04-19-2015, 07:01 AM

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”

― C. JoyBell C.

Trev · 04-19-2015, 10:37 AM

“In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.”
~C.S. Lewis

Ascot · 04-19-2015, 11:07 PM

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

jenny · 04-20-2015, 06:07 AM

“Most people miss their whole lives, you know. Listen, life isn't when you are standing on top of a mountain looking at a sunset. Life isn't waiting at the alter or the moment your child is born or that time you were swimming in a deep water and a dolphin came up alongside you. These are fragments. 10 or 12 grains of sand spread throughout your entire existence. These are not life. Life is brushing your teeth or making a sandwich or watching the news or waiting for the bus. Or walking. Every day, thousands of tiny events happen and if you're not watching, if you're not careful, if you don't capture them and make them COUNT, your could miss it. You could miss your whole life.”― Toni Jordan, Addition

Orema · 04-20-2015, 07:54 AM

"Language can never “pin down” slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its force, its felicity is in its reach toward the ineffable. Be it grand or slender, burrowing, blasting, or refusing to sanctify; whether it laughs out loud or is a cry without an alphabet, the choice word, the chosen silence, unmolested language surges toward knowledge, not its destruction. But who does not know of literature banned because it is interrogative; discredited because it is critical; erased because alternate? And how many are outraged by the thought of a self-ravaged tongue?"

—Toni Morrison

Here's an excerpt from her soon-to-be-released book, God Help The Child.

BestButchBoy · 04-20-2015, 08:12 AM

Hominid · 04-20-2015, 09:36 AM

For The Sake O' Somebody

~~ Burns

My heart is sair — I dare na tell —
My heart is sair for Somebody:
I could wake a winter night
For the sake o' Somebody.
O-hon! for Somebody!
O-hey! for Somebody!
I could range the world around,
For the sake o' Somebody.

Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love,
O, sweetly smile on Somebody!
Frae ilka danger keep him free,
And send me safe my Somebody!
O-hon! for Somebody!
O-hey! for Somebody!
I wad do - what wad I not? —
For the sake o’ Somebody!

Hominid · 04-20-2015, 09:57 AM

“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.”
― Albert Einstein

Hominid · 04-20-2015, 11:57 AM

Orema · 04-20-2015, 12:00 PM

“The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status—that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided—something about their presence is constructive in the long run.

—Toni Morrison

Toni's book, God Help the Child, is out tomorrow. I haven't been this excited about a novel since Walter Mosley released "Gone Fishin'"

04-17-2015, 10:46 AM	#16784
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	“I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.'” ~ Toni Morrison __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

04-19-2015, 10:37 AM	#16792
Trev Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Just a good ole boy Preferred Pronoun?: Male ones Relationship Status: She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere between right and wrong Posts: 3,372 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,988 Thanked 10,145 Times in 2,400 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	“In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.” ~C.S. Lewis __________________ Trev

04-19-2015, 11:07 PM	#16793
Ascot Member How Do You Identify?: Preppy Butch artist Relationship Status: Riding solo Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: North of the Emerald City Posts: 1,135 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 179 Thanked 2,487 Times in 549 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. -Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________ Now, if I could just find a way to get paid for what I can do with my tongue and a cherry stem.

04-20-2015, 06:07 AM	#16794
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	“Most people miss their whole lives, you know. Listen, life isn't when you are standing on top of a mountain looking at a sunset. Life isn't waiting at the alter or the moment your child is born or that time you were swimming in a deep water and a dolphin came up alongside you. These are fragments. 10 or 12 grains of sand spread throughout your entire existence. These are not life. Life is brushing your teeth or making a sandwich or watching the news or waiting for the bus. Or walking. Every day, thousands of tiny events happen and if you're not watching, if you're not careful, if you don't capture them and make them COUNT, your could miss it. You could miss your whole life.”― Toni Jordan, Addition __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

04-20-2015, 07:54 AM	#16795
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,483 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,419 Thanked 34,748 Times in 8,927 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	On the “wanton woman” character "Language can never “pin down” slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its force, its felicity is in its reach toward the ineffable. Be it grand or slender, burrowing, blasting, or refusing to sanctify; whether it laughs out loud or is a cry without an alphabet, the choice word, the chosen silence, unmolested language surges toward knowledge, not its destruction. But who does not know of literature banned because it is interrogative; discredited because it is critical; erased because alternate? And how many are outraged by the thought of a self-ravaged tongue?" —Toni Morrison Here's an excerpt from her soon-to-be-released book, God Help The Child.

04-16-2015, 09:34 AM	#16781
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04-16-2015, 09:37 AM	#16782
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,669 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474857

04-16-2015, 02:14 PM	#16783
ahk Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: Male Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NM Posts: 5,317 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,688 Thanked 8,555 Times in 2,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.--Julie Andrews

04-17-2015, 03:51 PM	#16785
Tierney Timed Out - Identity Issues How Do You Identify?: Mr. Wayne Preferred Pronoun?: Hey, Mister Wayne Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: In the Ether Posts: 1,328 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,057 Thanked 4,892 Times in 1,162 Posts Rep Power: 0	“How happy is the little stone That rambles in the road alone, And doesn't care about careers, And exigencies never fears; Whose coat of elemental brown A passing universe put on; And independent as the sun, Associates or glows alone, Fulfilling absolute decree In casual simplicity.” ― Emily Dickinson

04-17-2015, 03:55 PM	#16786
Tierney Timed Out - Identity Issues How Do You Identify?: Mr. Wayne Preferred Pronoun?: Hey, Mister Wayne Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: In the Ether Posts: 1,328 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,057 Thanked 4,892 Times in 1,162 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind."― Billie-Jo Williams

04-17-2015, 10:07 PM	#16787
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,669 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474857

04-17-2015, 10:52 PM	#16788
MegBluEyz Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 352 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 826 Times in 156 Posts Rep Power: 6654895	“We are born to long for understanding, to reach for the unreachable, to search for meaning in the hieroglyphs that decorate the walls we create home within. It took you, only, to realize that some words are born without translation.” -Tyler Knott Gregson-

04-18-2015, 03:22 AM	#16789
BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,451 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	CHOOSE TO BE OPTIMISTIC. IT FEELS BETTER.

04-19-2015, 06:59 AM	#16790
Tierney Timed Out - Identity Issues How Do You Identify?: Mr. Wayne Preferred Pronoun?: Hey, Mister Wayne Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: In the Ether Posts: 1,328 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,057 Thanked 4,892 Times in 1,162 Posts Rep Power: 0	“Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by little If suddenly you forget me Do not look for me For I shall already have forgotten you If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots Remember - That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms And my roots will set off to seek another land” ― Pablo Neruda

04-19-2015, 07:01 AM	#16791
Tierney Timed Out - Identity Issues How Do You Identify?: Mr. Wayne Preferred Pronoun?: Hey, Mister Wayne Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: In the Ether Posts: 1,328 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,057 Thanked 4,892 Times in 1,162 Posts Rep Power: 0	“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” ― C. JoyBell C.

04-20-2015, 08:12 AM	#16796
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04-20-2015, 09:36 AM	#16797
Hominid Member How Do You Identify?: Male with interesting historical perspective Relationship Status: Taking Applications Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In perpetual Wonder. And Western Mass. Posts: 254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 417 Thanked 753 Times in 187 Posts Rep Power: 11507407	For The Sake O' Somebody ~~ Burns My heart is sair — I dare na tell — My heart is sair for Somebody: I could wake a winter night For the sake o' Somebody. O-hon! for Somebody! O-hey! for Somebody! I could range the world around, For the sake o' Somebody. Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love, O, sweetly smile on Somebody! Frae ilka danger keep him free, And send me safe my Somebody! O-hon! for Somebody! O-hey! for Somebody! I wad do - what wad I not? — For the sake o’ Somebody! __________________ Comfort the Disturbed Disturb the Comfortable

04-20-2015, 09:57 AM	#16798
Hominid Member How Do You Identify?: Male with interesting historical perspective Relationship Status: Taking Applications Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In perpetual Wonder. And Western Mass. Posts: 254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 417 Thanked 753 Times in 187 Posts Rep Power: 11507407	“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” ― Albert Einstein __________________ Comfort the Disturbed Disturb the Comfortable

04-20-2015, 11:57 AM	#16799
Hominid Member How Do You Identify?: Male with interesting historical perspective Relationship Status: Taking Applications Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In perpetual Wonder. And Western Mass. Posts: 254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 417 Thanked 753 Times in 187 Posts Rep Power: 11507407	__________________ Comfort the Disturbed Disturb the Comfortable

04-20-2015, 12:00 PM	#16800
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian Stone Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,483 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,419 Thanked 34,748 Times in 8,927 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	THIS is her quote on "wanton women" characters “The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status—that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided—something about their presence is constructive in the long run. —Toni Morrison Toni's book, God Help the Child, is out tomorrow. I haven't been this excited about a novel since Walter Mosley released "Gone Fishin'"