| But then John said to himself, 'Frank, your name isn't Louis!' ...When you have extinguished his soul in this world and placed him where the ray of hope is blown out as in the darkness of the damned, are you quite sure that the demon you have roused will not turn and rend you? ~Abraham Lincoln Her lips were red, Her looks were free Her locks were as yellow as gold, Her skin was white as leprosy. The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Should the whole frame round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure admist a falling world. -Horace, "Odes� I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. -Alexandre Dumas Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane Jane plays with Willie, Willie is happy again Sukie plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it -Peter Gabriel, "Games Without Frontiers" Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert A. Heinlein If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life from aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson We are angels with but one wing, and to fly we must embrace each other It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony. -Benjamin Britten There are two kinds of people: those who say to God: Thy will be done, and those to whom God says: All right, then, have it your way. -C.S. Lewis Take a hand and take a bow You played for me; that�s all for now. And nevermind the words, just hum along, And keep on going. Walk on slowly�don�t look behind you. Don�t say goodbye love, I won�t remind you. -Ian Anderson, Slow Marching Band If you don't like someone, the way he holds his spoon will make you furious; if you do like him, he can turn his plate over into your lap and you won't mind. -Irving Becker We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of knowledge...characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience. -Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient If you aren't going to respect my boundaries, I don't care what you think, or what you are doing. You are no longer in my world. -PJ�s epiphany All men are cowards. It is in the mere concealment of cowardice that heroism is manufactured. -Mud of Rain Have you ever known somebody you knew you could love, or did love, but wouldn't allow yourself to love because of fear of something you wouldn't be able to control, something that was stronger than you? Have you ever felt like you've just breathed a sigh of relief, like there was tension released that you never knew existed? Like you had finally found yourself in the world, finally knew exactly where you were made to be. Have you ever been on the edge of falling in love, knowing that if you dived in, you'd never be able to find your way out? I have great faith in fools -My friends call it self-confidence. -Edgar Allen Poe Alone. Yes, that�s the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn�t hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym -�Salem�s Lot, Stephen King The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them - words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear. Quotes 2 |