Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 225

Jesse · 10-24-2010, 09:47 PM

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain

Enchantress · 10-24-2010, 09:57 PM

"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced."

John Keats ~

Random · 10-25-2010, 04:13 AM

“The guilty bystander is worse than the idle bystander because the guilty bystander does not turn their head and ignore atrocity; the guilty bystander watches it happen” –A society of guilty bystanders

jenny · 10-25-2010, 07:12 AM

"We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future." ~ Robin Sharma

jenny · 10-25-2010, 07:57 AM

‎"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds
himself no wiser than before... He is full of murderous resentment of
people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard
way." - Kurt Vonnegut

Janstevie · 10-25-2010, 10:51 AM

From 40 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 15 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 40 feet away.

Janstevie · 10-25-2010, 10:55 AM

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

Glenn · 10-25-2010, 11:11 AM

One of the reasons for suffering is to prevent us from learning too much of others and not enough of ourselves. Pain eventually compels us to wonder: Is a cause-effect principal operating in my life? Are my troubles due to my wrong-doing?- Paramahansa Yogananda

Jesse · 10-25-2010, 11:30 AM

I Love Being Me

by Gemma Hayton

I can't run the fastest
I can't swim the sea
I can't type the quickest
but I love being me

I can't kick a ball
or even climb a tree
I can't roll in the grass
but I still love being me

You see, this is my life
as others would see
they don't know what it's like
to really be me

So next time I'm about
rolling down the street
don't think of me disabled
but someone cool to meet

I have lots I can teach you
I have loads I can share
you will never gain my wisdom
if you just point and stare

So maybe I can't run the fastest
maybe I can't kick a ball
but I wouldn't change being me
not for you, not at all

jenny · 10-25-2010, 12:00 PM

"Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys." ~ "Peter Pan," J.M. Barrie

Enchantress · 10-25-2010, 01:04 PM

"That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment”

~ Dorothy Parker

BestButchBoy · 10-25-2010, 02:22 PM

"And our credo: "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words."
~Morticia Addams

dixie · 10-25-2010, 06:34 PM

"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly."
Rose Franken

I love being silly with my boo...

Ms. Meander · 10-25-2010, 08:11 PM

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.

- Rita Mae Brown

Jesse · 10-25-2010, 11:33 PM

Abuse Poem

A Daughter shares her story of abuse at the hands of her Mother

I Have A Secret

© Ciara Coper

Mother is there when I get home from school,
I'm happy there, hyper and playing the fool.
But as I pull on the handle and turn the key,
I feel a sense of dread and fear fill me.
I have a secret, a dark one,
A secret I've never told anyone.
Everyday when I come home,
Mother waits till I'm alone,
Then she'll hit me with a spoon or shoe,
Till I bleed, till I'm black and blue.
Dad left us when I was three,
Since then all she's done is blame it on me.
I'm ugly, stupid, tarty, and fat,
It was my fault he left us, "You hear that you brat?!",
With a duck and a dive, I sometimes manage to swerve,
But I know in the end I'm going to, "Get what I deserve".
Hospital a few times, "I was playing with my brother",
It's one lame excuse after another.
One of these days, I'm going to break free,
One of these days, I'll be truly happy.

But until then I tell no one,
I have a secret,
I'm not telling anyone.

Poem Source: I Have A Secret, Abuse Poems http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/sad...#ixzz13RLLV77k

JakeTulane · 10-26-2010, 04:38 AM

"At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice." - Maya Angelou

JakeTulane · 10-26-2010, 04:39 AM

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - e. e. cummings

JakeTulane · 10-26-2010, 04:40 AM

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." - Langston Hughes

MountainStar · 10-26-2010, 06:14 AM

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enchantress · 10-26-2010, 07:17 AM

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

~ Oscar Wilde

10-24-2010, 09:47 PM	#4481
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,782 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I like Twain! ;) "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

10-25-2010, 04:13 AM	#4483
Random Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: back in the land of trees and snow Posts: 2,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,017 Thanked 5,327 Times in 1,378 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	“The guilty bystander is worse than the idle bystander because the guilty bystander does not turn their head and ignore atrocity; the guilty bystander watches it happen” –A society of guilty bystanders __________________ ~Volunteer~ "It gets in your blood"

10-25-2010, 07:12 AM	#4484
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	"We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future." ~ Robin Sharma __________________ "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.

10-25-2010, 07:57 AM	#4485
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	‎"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before... He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way." - Kurt Vonnegut __________________ "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.

10-25-2010, 11:11 AM	#4488
Glenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Dear ol butch bones. Preferred Pronoun?: Old G Relationship Status: Too old to play. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: :rolleyes: Posts: 1,547 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,601 Thanked 3,729 Times in 1,095 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	One of the reasons for suffering is to prevent us from learning too much of others and not enough of ourselves. Pain eventually compels us to wonder: Is a cause-effect principal operating in my life? Are my troubles due to my wrong-doing?- Paramahansa Yogananda __________________ 1 Kings 19:12

10-24-2010, 09:57 PM	#4482
Enchantress Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A complex confection. Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The land of milk and honey. Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 741 Thanked 3,420 Times in 1,200 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced." John Keats ~

10-25-2010, 10:51 AM	#4486
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	From 40 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 15 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 40 feet away.

10-25-2010, 10:55 AM	#4487
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.

10-25-2010, 11:30 AM	#4489
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,782 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I Love Being Me by Gemma Hayton I can't run the fastest I can't swim the sea I can't type the quickest but I love being me I can't kick a ball or even climb a tree I can't roll in the grass but I still love being me You see, this is my life as others would see they don't know what it's like to really be me So next time I'm about rolling down the street don't think of me disabled but someone cool to meet I have lots I can teach you I have loads I can share you will never gain my wisdom if you just point and stare So maybe I can't run the fastest maybe I can't kick a ball but I wouldn't change being me not for you, not at all __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

10-25-2010, 12:00 PM	#4490
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	"Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys." ~ "Peter Pan," J.M. Barrie __________________ "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.

10-25-2010, 01:04 PM	#4491
Enchantress Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A complex confection. Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The land of milk and honey. Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 741 Thanked 3,420 Times in 1,200 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"That would be a good thing for them to carve on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment” ~ Dorothy Parker

10-25-2010, 02:22 PM	#4492
BestButchBoy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Male ID Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,925 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 406 Thanked 5,450 Times in 2,037 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"And our credo: "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc." We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words." ~Morticia Addams

10-25-2010, 06:34 PM	#4493
dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,383 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly." Rose Franken I love being silly with my boo...

10-25-2010, 08:11 PM	#4494
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. - Rita Mae Brown __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

10-25-2010, 11:33 PM	#4495
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,782 Times in 3,940 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Child Abuse SUCKS! Abuse Poem A Daughter shares her story of abuse at the hands of her Mother I Have A Secret © Ciara Coper Mother is there when I get home from school, I'm happy there, hyper and playing the fool. But as I pull on the handle and turn the key, I feel a sense of dread and fear fill me. I have a secret, a dark one, A secret I've never told anyone. Everyday when I come home, Mother waits till I'm alone, Then she'll hit me with a spoon or shoe, Till I bleed, till I'm black and blue. Dad left us when I was three, Since then all she's done is blame it on me. I'm ugly, stupid, tarty, and fat, It was my fault he left us, "You hear that you brat?!", With a duck and a dive, I sometimes manage to swerve, But I know in the end I'm going to, "Get what I deserve". Hospital a few times, "I was playing with my brother", It's one lame excuse after another. One of these days, I'm going to break free, One of these days, I'll be truly happy. But until then I tell no one, I have a secret, I'm not telling anyone. Poem Source: I Have A Secret, Abuse Poems http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/sad...#ixzz13RLLV77k __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

10-26-2010, 04:38 AM	#4496
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10-26-2010, 04:39 AM	#4497
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	"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - e. e. cummings

10-26-2010, 04:40 AM	#4498
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	"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." - Langston Hughes

10-26-2010, 06:14 AM	#4499
MountainStar Member How Do You Identify?: High Femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme/grrl/she/her Relationship Status: Singed a bit but still kicking! Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Colorado and Alberta Posts: 153 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 253 Thanked 243 Times in 117 Posts Rep Power: 3106	The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson __________________ LIfe is a game...play it! Life is a challenge...meet it! Life is an oppourtunity...capture it! Life is a moment...revel in it! http://www.victorialarsen.com/plaste...er%20small.jpg

10-26-2010, 07:17 AM	#4500
Enchantress Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A complex confection. Preferred Pronoun?: Miss Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The land of milk and honey. Posts: 2,169 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 741 Thanked 3,420 Times in 1,200 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative." ~ Oscar Wilde