Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 187

Fancy · 08-26-2010, 05:25 AM

"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."

"Berlin Diary" (1930) from Goodbye to Berlin (1939) Christopher Isherwood, gay author of Cabaret

JakeTulane · 08-26-2010, 07:04 AM

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein

JakeTulane · 08-26-2010, 07:05 AM

"The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning." -Jiddu Krishnamurti

JakeTulane · 08-26-2010, 07:06 AM

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

jenny · 08-26-2010, 08:05 AM

"I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek." ~ Gwen Stefani

Duchess · 08-26-2010, 08:59 AM

"Everyone wants to live on the top of the mountain,
but happiness and growth are mostly found in the climb."
~ adapted from Andy Rooney

Duchess · 08-26-2010, 09:01 AM

"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is this the good news?"
~ William Somerset Maugham and/or Robert Anthony

Spirit Dancer · 08-26-2010, 09:20 AM

Since I’ve slowed down some, I see things I never saw before and find that quiet solitude is not lonely but nurturing, allowing my heart to open to the signs and lessons of nature that surround me.

Sallirae Henderson

Spirit Dancer · 08-26-2010, 09:21 AM

When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace.

Hugh Prather

Spirit Dancer · 08-26-2010, 09:22 AM

You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money.
You’ve got to love like you’ll never get hurt.
You’ve got to dance like there’s nobody watching.
You’ve got to come from the heart, if you want it to work.

Susanna Clark

The_Lady_Snow · 08-26-2010, 09:45 AM

"“Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection."

Fancy · 08-26-2010, 11:08 AM

Abigail Crabby · 08-26-2010, 11:37 AM

“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

Anne Frank

nowandthen · 08-26-2010, 03:29 PM

It's critical to understand your history, and then be true to oneself in such a way that one's connection to the suffering of others is an integral part of understanding yourself.

BestButchBoy · 08-26-2010, 04:13 PM

"There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane."

~Flight Attendant with a fantastic sense of humor.

jenny · 08-26-2010, 07:07 PM

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." ~Andy Warhol

femmedyke · 08-26-2010, 08:37 PM

A smile fell in the grass.
Irretrievable!

And how will your night dances
Lose themselves. In mathematics?

Such pure leaps and spirals ----
Surely they travel

The world forever, I shall not entirely
Sit emptied of beauties, the gift

Of your small breath, the drenched grass
Smell of your sleeps, lilies, lilies.

Their flesh bears no relation.
Cold folds of ego, the calla,

And the tiger, embellishing itself ----
Spots, and a spread of hot petals.

The comets
Have such a space to cross,

Such coldness, forgetfulness.
So your gestures flake off ----

Warm and human, then their pink light
Bleeding and peeling

Through the black amnesias of heaven.
Why am I given

These lamps, these planets
Falling like blessings, like flakes

Six sided, white
On my eyes, my lips, my hair

Touching and melting.
Nowhere.

Sylvia Plath

JakeTulane · 08-26-2010, 08:52 PM

"The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness and partiality. It reminds us there is little to be gained from being kind and generous while hoping to win something in return. Actions motivated by a desire to earn a good name for ourselves are still selfish, even if they appear to be acts of kindness." - Dalai Lama

chefhottie25 · 08-26-2010, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

~ Robert Frost

the only time i paid attention in my high school english class was when we read robert frost...i love this poem

chefhottie25 · 08-26-2010, 09:54 PM

the author of frankestein also wrote beautiful poetry...sharing one of my favorites.
Stanzas by Mary Shelley
Oh, come to me in dreams, my love!
...I will not ask a dearer bliss;
Come with the starry beams, my love,
...And press mine eyelids with thy kiss.

'Twas thus, as ancient fables tell,
...Love visited a Grecian maid,
Till she disturbed the sacred spell,
...And woke to find her hopes betrayed.

But gentle sleep shall veil my sight,
...And Psyche's lamp shall darkling be,
When, in the visions of the night,
...Thou dost renew thy vows to me.

Then come to me in dreams, my love,
...I will not ask a dearer bliss;
Come with the starry beams, my love,
...And press mine eyelids with thy kiss.

08-26-2010, 08:05 AM	#3725
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 think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek." ~ Gwen Stefani __________________ "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.

08-26-2010, 08:59 AM	#3726
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08-26-2010, 09:01 AM	#3727
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,592 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is this the good news?" ~ William Somerset Maugham and/or Robert Anthony __________________ *無料のライブ*

08-26-2010, 09:20 AM	#3728
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Since I’ve slowed down some, I see things I never saw before and find that quiet solitude is not lonely but nurturing, allowing my heart to open to the signs and lessons of nature that surround me. Sallirae Henderson __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-26-2010, 09:21 AM	#3729
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	When we recognize that nothing has to go right for us to be happy, that people do not have to behave for us to love them, our walk home can be surprisingly simple. We have enormous power not to manipulate the world, but to be happy and to know peace. Hugh Prather __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-26-2010, 05:25 AM	#3721
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." "Berlin Diary" (1930) from Goodbye to Berlin (1939) Christopher Isherwood, gay author of Cabaret

08-26-2010, 07:04 AM	#3722
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -Albert Einstein

08-26-2010, 07:05 AM	#3723
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08-26-2010, 07:06 AM	#3724
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within." -Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

08-26-2010, 09:22 AM	#3730
Spirit Dancer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Complex but Tender Preferred Pronoun?: ~Ma`am~ Relationship Status: Shotgun Rider Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Following the red road Posts: 4,519 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,304 Thanked 12,913 Times in 3,466 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money. You’ve got to love like you’ll never get hurt. You’ve got to dance like there’s nobody watching. You’ve got to come from the heart, if you want it to work. Susanna Clark __________________ “For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.” Judy Garland

08-26-2010, 09:45 AM	#3731
The_Lady_Snow MILLION $$$ PUSSY How Do You Identify?: Kinky, Raw, Perverted, Uber Queer Alpha Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Iconic Ms. Relationship Status: Keeper of 3, only one has the map to my freckles Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: La Reina del Sur Posts: 22,488 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 32,231 Thanked 80,079 Times in 15,669 Posts Rep Power: 21474874	Martin Luther King Jr "“Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection." __________________ "If you’re going to play these dirty games of ours, then you might as well indulge completely. It’s all about turning back into an animal and that’s the beauty of it. Place your guilt on the sidewalk and take a blow torch to it (guilt is usually worthless anyway). Be perverted, be filthy, do things that mannered people shouldn’t do. If you’re going to be gross then go for it and don’t wimp out."---Master Aiden

08-26-2010, 11:08 AM	#3732
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854

08-26-2010, 11:37 AM	#3733
Abigail Crabby Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Princess Relationship Status: Single, but sociable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mount Airy, NC Posts: 4,226 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 14,554 Thanked 9,668 Times in 2,484 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Anne Frank “I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne Frank __________________ Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Turns whatever happens to you into a positive...

08-26-2010, 03:29 PM	#3734
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08-26-2010, 04:13 PM	#3735
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08-26-2010, 07:07 PM	#3736
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	"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." ~Andy Warhol __________________ "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.

08-26-2010, 08:37 PM	#3737
femmedyke Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: mostly in my head Posts: 396 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 638 Thanked 957 Times in 198 Posts Rep Power: 8571021	~the night dances A smile fell in the grass. Irretrievable! And how will your night dances Lose themselves. In mathematics? Such pure leaps and spirals ---- Surely they travel The world forever, I shall not entirely Sit emptied of beauties, the gift Of your small breath, the drenched grass Smell of your sleeps, lilies, lilies. Their flesh bears no relation. Cold folds of ego, the calla, And the tiger, embellishing itself ---- Spots, and a spread of hot petals. The comets Have such a space to cross, Such coldness, forgetfulness. So your gestures flake off ---- Warm and human, then their pink light Bleeding and peeling Through the black amnesias of heaven. Why am I given These lamps, these planets Falling like blessings, like flakes Six sided, white On my eyes, my lips, my hair Touching and melting. Nowhere. Sylvia Plath __________________ “purple does something strange to me” -charles bukowski

08-26-2010, 08:52 PM	#3738
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness and partiality. It reminds us there is little to be gained from being kind and generous while hoping to win something in return. Actions motivated by a desire to earn a good name for ourselves are still selfish, even if they appear to be acts of kindness." - Dalai Lama

08-26-2010, 09:54 PM	#3740
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 889 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	the author of frankestein also wrote beautiful poetry...sharing one of my favorites. Stanzas by Mary Shelley Oh, come to me in dreams, my love! ...I will not ask a dearer bliss; Come with the starry beams, my love, ...And press mine eyelids with thy kiss. 'Twas thus, as ancient fables tell, ...Love visited a Grecian maid, Till she disturbed the sacred spell, ...And woke to find her hopes betrayed. But gentle sleep shall veil my sight, ...And Psyche's lamp shall darkling be, When, in the visions of the night, ...Thou dost renew thy vows to me. Then come to me in dreams, my love, ...I will not ask a dearer bliss; Come with the starry beams, my love, ...And press mine eyelids with thy kiss.