Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind. ~Dodinsky
One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history. ~Lemony Snicket
At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself? ~Phillip C. McGraw, The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom, 2003
Let's get lost in the dark, forget who we were, and resurface as something new. ~Daniel, @blindedpoet
Your heart knows your song, but you have to be willing to listen to the words. ~Sue Rock, http://sue215.blogspot.com
All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece. ~Eddie Murphy, 1979
Who has not sat, afraid, before his own heart's curtain? ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies, "The Fourth Elegy," translated from German by Albert Ernest Flemming
What we do flows from who we are. ~Paul Vitale
There is great security in the prisons we create for ourselves. ~Stephen G. Scalese, The Whisper in Your Heart
We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. ~Mark Twain
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. ~Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind
Do what you must,
And your friends will adjust.
~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm. ~James Thurber
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid? ~Richard Bach
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living. ~Jonathan Safran Foer
The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can't hope for a fairer match. ~Todd Ruthman
We must be our own before we can be another's. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Oil and Camphor
***Not sure when exactly this was written, but it was written a minimum of two months ago."
I didn’t tell her I was sorry.
I thought the air, saturated with words,
made that clear.
***
My tongue thick with regret
prevented me from correcting him,
and telling him it was my fault.
I didn’t tell her I was sorry.
I thought the air, saturated with words,
made that clear.
***
My tongue thick with regret
prevented me from correcting him,
and telling him it was my fault.
Quotes on friendship- created by me I think
"So I came up with these quotes last night, but I'm always worried I may have been influenced by preexisting quotes. If that is the case and you've heard any of the below somewhere else, please do let me know!!"
1/10/12
"Giving your heart away in friendship is never an investment. For unlike stocks, the value of TRUE friendship always increases exponentially."
"True friends replace the light bulb when they notice the old one burned out."
"True friendship is never being uncertain of where you stand with one another. How can there be room for uncertainty when you are standing beside one another?"
"Although words may be the building blocks of friendship, actions are the mortar."
11/06/11
"Unfortunate are those who spend the future reliving the past."
1/10/12
"Giving your heart away in friendship is never an investment. For unlike stocks, the value of TRUE friendship always increases exponentially."
"True friends replace the light bulb when they notice the old one burned out."
"True friendship is never being uncertain of where you stand with one another. How can there be room for uncertainty when you are standing beside one another?"
"Although words may be the building blocks of friendship, actions are the mortar."
11/06/11
"Unfortunate are those who spend the future reliving the past."
1/10/12
*** More late night ponderings. It turns out my muse is a nightowl:) VERY ROUGH DRAFT. It lacks some flow, but one day, when I become a famous author, I'll edit this;)***
Isn't it weird how brief forever feels when time is spent with some,
But how long a moment lasts with others?
Isn't it weird how those you thought would never leave no longer are
But the stranger on the bus still remains?
Isn't it weird how today seemed so far away
But by tomorrow, it will have become yet another yesterday.
Isn't it weird how easily it is to assimilate to the absence of our constant companions,
The celestial stars, moon, and sun.
Without our realizing that the change in our temperaments documents that which is overlooked by our minds.
Isn't it weird how brief forever feels when time is spent with some,
But how long a moment lasts with others?
Isn't it weird how those you thought would never leave no longer are
But the stranger on the bus still remains?
Isn't it weird how today seemed so far away
But by tomorrow, it will have become yet another yesterday.
Isn't it weird how easily it is to assimilate to the absence of our constant companions,
The celestial stars, moon, and sun.
Without our realizing that the change in our temperaments documents that which is overlooked by our minds.
1/09/11
***Words which came to me as I fell asleep last night.***
Upon hearing my name
I turned around
But in that split second, you shattered.
Upon hearing my name
I turned around
But in that split second, you shattered.
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