Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 608

Bèsame* · 05-30-2013, 09:42 AM

Kätzchen · 05-30-2013, 04:31 PM

"It may be that writers in my position, exiles or emigrants or expatriates, are haunted by some sense of loss, urge to reclaim, to look back, even at the risk of being mutated into pillars of salt. But if we do look back, we must also do so in the knowledge -- which gives rise to profound uncertainties -- that our physical alienation from India almost inevitably means that we will not be capable of reclaiming precisely the thing that was lost; that we will, in short, create fictions, not actual cities or villages, but invisible ones, imaginary homelands, Indias of the mind," (pp. 10)
-- Salman Rushdie

In, Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
(Granta Books - Viking Penguin, 1991: London, England)

JAGG · 05-30-2013, 06:53 PM

“I care for myself, the more unsustained I am, the more I respect myself.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“Why should I worry about what others think of me, I have much more confidence in my opinion than I will ever have in theirs ?”
― Unknown

“Believe in yourself and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.”
― Sarah Dessen

" I don't agree with those who count modesty as a virture. I would consider it a fault or a flaw. It is no less a departure from the truth than exaggering your triumps ." Unknown

little_ms_sunshyne · 05-30-2013, 09:12 PM

“Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.”

~ E.E. Cummings

Bèsame* · 05-30-2013, 09:29 PM

Stop thinking, and end your problems.
Lao Tzu

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist in coming along and trying to put things in it.
Terry Pratchett

Kobi · 05-31-2013, 03:01 AM

FemmeItalian · 05-31-2013, 03:41 AM

"If you are not on the same page, it maybe time to close the book."

~baby~doll~ · 05-31-2013, 06:38 AM

~baby~doll~ · 05-31-2013, 06:42 AM

LukeCian · 05-31-2013, 10:47 AM

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” - Steve Maraboli

“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.” ― C. JoyBell C.

"Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” ― Ann Landers

MegBluEyz · 05-31-2013, 10:52 AM

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” Rikki Rogers.

JAGG · 05-31-2013, 06:50 PM

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain

“The price tag you put on yourself decides your worth. Underestimating yourself will cost you dearly.”
― Apoorve Dubey

“That bullies have low self-esteem is a fact written by neurotic nerds. In the battle of intellect versus power, the winner lacks integrity.”
― Bauvard

Trev · 05-31-2013, 07:38 PM

"The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?."
~Unknown

"And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name."
~Orson Scott Card

"Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future."
~Tony Campolo

Miss Scarlett · 06-01-2013, 06:54 AM

Kobi · 06-01-2013, 07:10 AM

Trev · 06-01-2013, 09:06 AM

"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring."
~Carl Sandburg

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens."
~Benjamin Disraeli

"It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear."
~George Macdonald

MegBluEyz · 06-01-2013, 01:13 PM

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." -Maya Angelou

~baby~doll~ · 06-01-2013, 01:26 PM

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
Alice Walker

Miss Scarlett · 06-01-2013, 03:27 PM

Trev · 06-01-2013, 05:57 PM

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."
~Unknown

"Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others."
~John Mason Brown

05-30-2013, 09:42 AM	#12141
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05-30-2013, 04:31 PM	#12142
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: May 2010 Location: @ home with my granddaughter, chosen friends & family. ツ Posts: 16,129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,542 Thanked 33,557 Times in 10,669 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	"It may be that writers in my position, exiles or emigrants or expatriates, are haunted by some sense of loss, urge to reclaim, to look back, even at the risk of being mutated into pillars of salt. But if we do look back, we must also do so in the knowledge -- which gives rise to profound uncertainties -- that our physical alienation from India almost inevitably means that we will not be capable of reclaiming precisely the thing that was lost; that we will, in short, create fictions, not actual cities or villages, but invisible ones, imaginary homelands, Indias of the mind," (pp. 10) -- Salman Rushdie In, Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991 (Granta Books - Viking Penguin, 1991: London, England) __________________ “Evil flourishes in darkness, Corruption flourishes in secrecy,” ~Attorney’s for the Epstein Sex Abuse Survivors.

05-30-2013, 06:53 PM	#12143
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	“I care for myself, the more unsustained I am, the more I respect myself.” ― Charlotte Brontë “Why should I worry about what others think of me, I have much more confidence in my opinion than I will ever have in theirs ?” ― Unknown “Believe in yourself and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.” ― Sarah Dessen " I don't agree with those who count modesty as a virture. I would consider it a fault or a flaw. It is no less a departure from the truth than exaggering your triumps ." Unknown __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

05-30-2013, 09:29 PM	#12145
Bèsame* Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femm Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: loved by many Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Closer to the waves Posts: 15,395 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,143 Thanked 40,961 Times in 10,745 Posts Rep Power: 21474865	Stop thinking, and end your problems. Lao Tzu The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist in coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett __________________ kisses A kiss is a whisper in your mouth. Can I borrow a kiss? I promise to give it back.

05-31-2013, 03:01 AM	#12146
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05-30-2013, 09:12 PM	#12144
little_ms_sunshyne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: . Posts: 3,312 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,339 Thanked 12,241 Times in 2,541 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	“Kisses are a better fate than wisdom.” ~ E.E. Cummings

05-31-2013, 03:41 AM	#12147
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05-31-2013, 06:38 AM	#12148
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05-31-2013, 06:42 AM	#12149
~baby~doll~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-bottom, lesbian, queer Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: Leather polyamorous family Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: with HER Posts: 1,110 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,494 Thanked 2,857 Times in 905 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	__________________ i will wait to love You. i will wait another day For You i'd leave all this behind. i will wait for you tonight. iwill waste another dream on You Always run to You. Uh Huh Her

05-31-2013, 10:47 AM	#12150
LukeCian Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Jake Tulane Relationship Status: Can you adjust suspenders and a bow tie? Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: New York Posts: 224 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,050 Thanked 805 Times in 207 Posts Rep Power: 0	“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.” - Steve Maraboli “If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.” ― C. JoyBell C. "Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.” ― Ann Landers

05-31-2013, 10:52 AM	#12151
MegBluEyz Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 352 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 825 Times in 156 Posts Rep Power: 6654895	“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” Rikki Rogers.

05-31-2013, 06:50 PM	#12152
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” ― Mark Twain “The price tag you put on yourself decides your worth. Underestimating yourself will cost you dearly.” ― Apoorve Dubey “That bullies have low self-esteem is a fact written by neurotic nerds. In the battle of intellect versus power, the winner lacks integrity.” ― Bauvard __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

05-31-2013, 07:38 PM	#12153
Trev Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Just a good ole boy Preferred Pronoun?: Male ones Relationship Status: She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere between right and wrong Posts: 3,372 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,988 Thanked 10,142 Times in 2,400 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?." ~Unknown "And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name." ~Orson Scott Card "Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future." ~Tony Campolo __________________ Trev

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06-01-2013, 07:10 AM	#12155
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06-01-2013, 09:06 AM	#12156
Trev Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Just a good ole boy Preferred Pronoun?: Male ones Relationship Status: She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere between right and wrong Posts: 3,372 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,988 Thanked 10,142 Times in 2,400 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring." ~Carl Sandburg "What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens." ~Benjamin Disraeli "It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when to-morrow's burden is added to the burden of to-day that the weight is more than a man can bear." ~George Macdonald __________________ Trev

06-01-2013, 01:13 PM	#12157
MegBluEyz Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 352 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 825 Times in 156 Posts Rep Power: 6654895	"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." -Maya Angelou

06-01-2013, 01:26 PM	#12158
~baby~doll~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-bottom, lesbian, queer Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: Leather polyamorous family Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: with HER Posts: 1,110 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,494 Thanked 2,857 Times in 905 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. Alice Walker __________________ i will wait to love You. i will wait another day For You i'd leave all this behind. i will wait for you tonight. iwill waste another dream on You Always run to You. Uh Huh Her

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06-01-2013, 05:57 PM	#12160
Trev Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Just a good ole boy Preferred Pronoun?: Male ones Relationship Status: She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere between right and wrong Posts: 3,372 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,988 Thanked 10,142 Times in 2,400 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing." ~Unknown "Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others." ~John Mason Brown __________________ Trev