December 2009
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”
—Dr. Seuss
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.”
—Gilda Radner
November 2009
“In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.”
—Nisami
“Sometimes you have to be silent in order to be heard.”
—Wilma Askinas
“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh (via anditslove)
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“Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.”
—Joe Clark
“I am going to say something I have never said before and this is the truth. I have no reason to lie to you and God knows I am telling the truth. I think all my success and fame, and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That’s all. That’s the real truth. I wanted people to love me, truly love me, because I never really felt loved. I said I know I have an ability. Maybe if I sharpened my craft, maybe people will love me more. I just wanted to be loved because I think it is very important to be loved and to tell people that you love them and to look in their eyes and say it.”
—Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Tapes (via clnvl)
“But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.”
—Dave Eggers
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
—H. P. Lovecraft
“People change and forget to tell each other.”
—Lillian Hellman (via littlemiss)
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
—W. Clement Stone
“Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.”
—Muhammad Ali
