“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” ― Richard Wright, Black Boy
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
A thought is always better expressed in a few words than in many words. Because that way we still sense that the thought is not contained in the words or the manner of speaking. The words should point beyond themselves, poetically manifesting the thought as real in itself. It's like how a map points beyond itself to the territory. It is only useful in that it refers to the territory that transcends it. The map is not the territory in the same sense that words are not the thoughts they express.
“Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.” ― Julie Andrews Edwards, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
"I walk ahead of myself in perpetual expectancy of miracles." —Anais Nin. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.” ― Leif Enger, Peace Like a River Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.” ― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“Blood is really warm, it's like drinking hot chocolate but with more screaming.” ― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“Tom lived by the sea. In a small blue house that was from another time. It was squeaky and drafty and held one of my favorite places in the entire world: a big old chair by a front window and a fireplace, from which could be seen a view of the North Sea while one lounged, under a quilt preferably, and read book after book.” ― Paige Shelton, The Cracked Spine
“Einstein’s revelations disclosed the mind-boggling truth that spirituality had been alluding to for millennia: The material reality we perceive is essentially non-physical. Yet the sciences have still not grasped the most profound implications of this fact. Physicists insist there must be even smaller particles to be found that will somehow bring their ledgers to account, making the forces in their theories correctly add up. Like other belief systems, science is based on faith in the firm physicality of the universe, expediently disregarding that, ultimately, it is not.” ― Debra Gavant
"It is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. Even if you don't have friends somewhere, you still have language, and it will find you and wrap its little syllables around you and suddenly there will be a story to live in."----Naomi Shihab Nye Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“We will remain lost, wandering souls until we can look each other in the eye and smile” ― Marty Rubin
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!” ― Rainbow Rowell , Attachments Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
“Taking a final pleasure in what the wind can neither proclaim nor destroy, I am a student of nightfall, I claim no other profession.” ― Loren Eiseley, Notes Of An Alchemist
“The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.” ― Albert Camus Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
"There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you're working a few hours a day and you've got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you're okay."----Mary Oliver
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same."----Carlos Castaneda Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
