Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Katniss]

EVENING

Slowly now the evening changes his garments
held for him by a rim of ancient trees;
you gaze: and the landscape divides and leaves you,
one sinking and one rising toward the sky.
And you are left, to none belonging wholly,
not so dark as a silent house, nor quite
so surely pledged unto eternity
as that which grows to star and climbs the night.
To you is left (unspeakably confused)
your life, gigantic, ripening, full of fears,
so that it, now hemmed in, now grasping all,
is changed in you by turns to stone and stars.
Rainer Maria Rilke


Katniss~~ (I am going to post this same poem with a different translator's take on Rilke. I find it interesting how things are interpreted although the original words were constant)

[Katniss]

The sky puts on the darkening blue coat
held for it by a row of ancient trees;
you watch: and the lands grow distant in your sight,
one journeying to heaven, one that falls;

and leave you, not at home in either one,
not quite so still and dark as the darkened houses,
not calling to eternity with the passion of what becomes
a star each night, and rises;

and leave you (inexpressibly to unravel)
your life, with its immensity and fear,
so that, now bounded, now immeasurable,
it is alternately stone in you and star.



Katniss~~ (I like this translation best)

[Katniss]

September has come and I wake And I think with joy how whatever, now or in future, the system
Nothing whatever can take The people away, there will always be people For friends or for lovers though perhaps The conditions of love will be changed and its vices diminished
And affection not lapse To narrow possessiveness, jealousy founded on vanity. September has come, it is hers Whose vitality leaps in the autumn, Whose nature prefers Trees without leaves and a fire in the fire-place; So I give her this month and the next Though the whole of my year should be hers who has rendered already
So many of its days intolerable or perplexed But so many more so happy; Who has left a scent on my life and left my walls Dancing over and over with her shadow, Whose hair is twined in all my waterfalls And all of London littered with remembered kisses.



Katniss~~

[Duchess]

In the wake of strong winds, fallen trees and downed power lines, I'm reminded of what's most important to me. Love of God, Self and the people in my life.

~Me

[Samurai Wanderer]

“When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things:
either there will be ground to stand on, or you will be given wings to fly.”
― O.R. Melling, The Summer King


“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss


“An unconventional idea or technique that seems outrageous today could lay the foundation for traditions of tomorrow.”
― Jeraldine Saunders

[Trey339]

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's Own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
~Buddha

[Trey339]

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
~Buddha

Having an opinion does not make it Fact. Everyone is allowed their own perceptions,,,

[Trey339]

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.
~Johannes Brahms

[JAGG]

The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect she might be, she was as irreversibly altered as I was. As I would always belong to her, so would she always be mine.” ― Stephenie Meyer


“The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.”― Nicholas Sparks

“Happiness is a state of activity.” ― Aristotle

[Trey339]

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
~Leonardo da Vinci

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

[Samurai Wanderer]

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ― Buddha

“Life Shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” ― Anais Nin

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephron

[Stud_puppy1991]

"Pies, like the internet, need content. Otherwise it's just....a crust?"- Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen, Season 2 episode 1: Meat Pies

"Experimenting with food is like experimenting with your sexuality. How do you know you're not a big homo?"-Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen, Chocolate Shuffle

"The Internet is about watching people do things you wish you were doing."-Grace Helbig

"If your glasses are more than a quarter-inch thick, I assume you know everything about music."- Grace Helbig

"Stop, drop, and use your words."- Grace Helbig

[little_ms_sunshyne]

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light" -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter

[Trey339]

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one.
Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
Buddha

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha

[Duchess]

Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off.

~Author Unknown

[Talon]

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.


~Tagore

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by Talon

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.


~Tagore

I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thedivahrrrself]

she comes, and with her, her essence
she brightens the place, as if it's made alive by her presence
scents from her linger in each room
the sweet smells which surround her vanish too soon
when she goes
leaving only empty air to await her return

[Duchess]

"I'm not going to give you a map. I can give you only a great passion to discover. Yes, a map is not needed; great passion, great desire to discover is needed. Then I leave you alone. Then you go on your own."

~Bhagwan Rajneesh

[JAGG]

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

she comes, and with her, her essence
she brightens the place, as if it's made alive by her presence
scents from her linger in each room
the sweet smells which surround her vanish too soon
when she goes
leaving only empty air to await her return

I love this!!!!!!!