Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Kätzchen]

Tell me, if I caught you one day
And kissed the sole of your foot,
Wouldn't you limp a little then,
Afraid to crush my kiss?

― Nichita Stănescu ―

[Katniss]

You Who Never Arrived

You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I don't even know what songs
would please you. I have given up trying
to recognize you in the surging wave of
the next moment. All the immense
images in me -- the far-off, deeply-felt
landscape, cities, towers, and bridges, and
unsuspected turns in the path,
and those powerful lands that were once
pulsing with the life of the gods--
all rise within me to mean
you, who forever elude me.

You, Beloved, who are all
the gardens I have ever gazed at,
longing. An open window
in a country house-- , and you almost
stepped out, pensive, to meet me.
Streets that I chanced upon,--
you had just walked down them and vanished.
And sometimes, in a shop, the mirrors
were still dizzy with your presence and,
startled, gave back my too-sudden image.
Who knows? Perhaps the same
bird echoed through both of us
yesterday, separate, in the evening...


Katniss~~

[JAGG]

There is no substitute for hard work.- Thomas Edison

If you can't heal a wound don't tear it open. -Irish Proverb

A moment in time can make some unhappy forever. - Unknown

[sara-bera]

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything” -Katharine Hepburn

[Novelafemme]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

Tell me, if I caught you one day
And kissed the sole of your foot,
Wouldn't you limp a little then,
Afraid to crush my kiss?

― Nichita Stănescu ―

I adore this, Katzchen <3

[Talon]

She was passion's child, born where showers triple light, and scorches even the kiss. She was one made but to love, to feel that she was his, who was her chosen one. What was said elsewhere was nothing--she had not to fear, hope, care, nor love beyond..her heart beat here.

~Lord Byron

[UofMfan]

"As cicatrizes falam mais alto que a lâmina da espada que as causou". ~ Paulo Coelho

[FeminineAllure]

The right wing would love nothing more than for us to spend all of our airtime discussing distractions such as polygamy and other from their point of view doomsday scenarios rather than engage the public about committed same-sex couples being discriminated against.

Evan Wolfson quotes

[FeminineAllure]

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
Richard David Bach

[JAGG]

“Everything you can imagine is real.” -― Pablo Picasso

“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” - Lewis Carro
I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”― Albert Einstein

[gaea]

gossip spreads like wild fires while the truth is often times smothered-Author Unknown

[SleepyButch]

Splendidis longum valedico Nugis

Leave me, O Love, which reaches but to dust,

And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things!

Grow rich in that which never taketh rust:

Whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings.

Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might

To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be;

Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light

That doth both shine and give us sight to see.

O take fast hold! let that light be thy guide

In this small course which birth draws out to death,

And think how evil becometh him to slide

Who seeketh Heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.

Then farewell, world! thy uttermost I see:

Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me!


Sir Philip Sidney

[Jesse]

"He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being; by the way he rests against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. (I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along to care for me.) When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy, he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. When I succeed, he brags. Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurts. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me... whenever... wherever - in case I need him. And I expect I will - as I always have.
He is my dog."
- Gene Hill

[Spirit Dancer]

Time is the coin of your life. It is the
only coin you have, and only you can
determine how it will be spent. Be careful
lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandberg

[Spirit Dancer]

Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing
you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is
not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing
which keeps you from hope and love?

Leo Buscaglia

[Talon]

Tenacity is never giving up on yourself or your dreams, it is telling people to shove it up their arse when they're trying to deter or disuade you from what you really want or need. It is also standing firm when you really believe in something. Frankly, it is being a dog with a bone. It is the dogs with bones that change the world. And we should all aspire to that.


~T. Coffey

[sara-bera]

"There is no room in my body for anything but you. My arms love you, my ears adore you, my knees shake with blind affection. My mind begs you to ask it something so it can obey. Do you want me to follow you for the rest of your days? I will do that. Do you want me to crawl? I will crawl. I will be quiet for you or sing for you, or if you are hungry, let me bring you food, or if you have thirst and nothing will quench it but Arabian wine, I will go to Araby, even though it is across the world, and bring a bottle back for your lunch. Anything there is that I can do for you, I will do for you; anything there is that I cannot do, I will learn to do." -William Goldman, The Princess Bride

[JAGG]

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”― Cassandra Clare

“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...” ― Khaled Hosseini

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.” ― Paulo Coelho

[Jesse]

“The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles”

Mahatma Gandhi


“The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.”

John W. Holt, Jr.


"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye."
- Helen Keller

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. ~James D. Miles

[Spirit Dancer]

The most valuable thing we can do
for the psyche, occasionally, is to let
it rest, wander, live in the changing
light of a room, not try to be
or do anything whatever.

May Sarton