Quotes, Poems, & Sayings...

[Butterbean]

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

-Buddha

[Trev]

“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
~Brian Andreas

“When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.”
~Karen E. Quinones Miller

“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”
~David Richo

[LukeCian]

“We gallop through our lives like circus performers balancing on two speeding side-by-side horses--one foot is on the horse called "fate," the other on the horse called "free will." And the question you have to ask every day is--which horse is which? Which horse do I need to stop worrying about because it's not under my control, and which do I need to steer with concentrated effort?” ― Elizabeth Gilbert


“Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and-such an action; but as soon as he does it, this action, committed at a certain moment in time, becomes irreversible, and makes itself the property of history, in which is has not a free but a predestined significance. ” ― Leo Tolstoy

[Genesis]

"Love, is like a drop of water in a glass,
is a long walk without talking,
is a fruit for two.

Love, is a space where there is no place
for anything other than to love,
it's something between you and me.

Love is to mourn when we say goodbye,
love is to dream hearing a song,
love is when you pray with all your being,
it's you forgiving me and me understanding you.

Love is stopping time on a clock,
is finding a place to hear your voice,
love is to create a world between the two,
it's you forgiving me and me understanding you.

Love, is a honey flavored mouth,
it is a rainy evening,
it is an umbrella for two.

Love, is a space where there is no place,
for anything other than to love,
is something between you and me."

~Song by José Luis Perales

[asphaltcowboi]

Even if your on the right track, if you just sit there you'll get run over.

[firecat242]

If at first you don't succeed, deny trying. Unknown

[Trev]

"A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with the snapshots of his kids."
~Unknown

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
~Unknown

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
~Winston Churchill

[JAGG]

" The fearful are chained slaves to their fear. A cowardly existance, for which most have no respect. " -George Culver


“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”― Salvador Dalí


" Those who cower to fear will look for the easy way out. Soft of spine and hollow of character. And surely would sacrifice your neck for theirs ." -Willian Ward Burrows

[FemmeItalian]

[FemmeItalian]

[Kobi]

[Ms. Meander]

Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up, we block it. If we want to allow it its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream, letting anything come, initially censoring nothing. That is creative life. It is made up of divine paradox. To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.

― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With The Wolves

[firecat242]

My thoughts on this Monday.....Reality continues to ruin my life. Calvin and Hobbes.

[Trev]

"At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense."
~Herman Hesse

"After awhile you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul. And you learn that love doesn't mean security, And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts. And presents aren't promises. And you begin to accept your defeats with you head up and your eyes open. With the grace of maturity, not the grief of a child. And you learn to build all your roads on. Today because tommorow's ground is too uncertain for plans, And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After awhile you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure... That you really are strong. And that you really do have worth. And you learn and learn and learn... With every goodbye you learn."
~Veronica A. Shoffstall

[firecat242]

The truth will set you free, but it will first piss you off.
Gloria Steinem

[Trev]

"Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs."
~Unknown

"Children always know when company is in the living room - they can hear their mother laughing at their father's jokes."
~Unknown

[Bèsame*]

[MegBluEyz]

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."
~ Rumi

[ArkansasBoi]

I guess to some extent, you get used to being alone. You get used to not expecting phone calls & having nothing to do at night. You don’t expect to turn around to open arms any longer. The small sounds of her have been replaced by silence. Your thoughts echo through your head, with no one to share them with. All in all, being alone isn’t terrible, it just hurts like hell…

[FemmeItalian]

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.


– The Notebook