~Poems, Quotes, & Sayings 2~

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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
-Albert Einstein

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"I've fallen off a cliff, I'm fallen from above, but nothing compares to falling in love."

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"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby."

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"It is such a secret place, the land of tears."
--Antoine De Saint Exupery

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"A friend is one that knows us, but loves us anyway."

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."
-Robert Frost

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"Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
-Les Brown

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"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
-Chinese Proverb
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"A weed is no more than a flower in disguise."
-James Lowell
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"Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
-Lawrence J. Peter

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"What does not destroy me makes me strong."
-Freidrich Nietzsche

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Let the good times roll.
-Cajun Motto

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"Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint on it you can."
-Danny Kaye

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"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sinks a great ship."
-Benjamin Franklin.

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"Lost time is never found again."
-Benjamin Franklin.

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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value from joy
you must have somebody to enjoy it with."
-Mark Twain.

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Letter to the Creator

All right,Creator
Make me a heart
Not too tender
But very hard
And out of granite, preferably
Attach glue to it
For some reason I am always
Getting it broken
Make me some eyes
With 20/20 x-ray vision
I`m often blind
As to looking inside people`s hearts
And listen, give them shields
That are icy and chilled
It always helps to block
My burning tears
Make my body itself
As durable as possible
But make it so i won`t get hurt inside
One more thing...
Make it out of rubber
So I can always bounce back
From falling down hard and deep
Into love.
-Thailily

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My 8th Grade Graduation Poem:

The days have gone so quickly.
The years have passed us by.
And soon, before we know it,
It'll be time to say good-bye.

All the moments that we've shared
Are now memories we hold dear.
Even if we're far apart,
In our hearts we'll still be near.

How we wish we could stop time
And go back into the past.
But our futures are now waiting,
For the time has come at last.

So here's one last farewell
To the friends we leave behind.
Please remember we all love you.
You are always on our minds.

-Thea Q. Tagle

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"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only one will catch your heart."

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"It hurts when something good ends, but it’ll hurt even more if you cling to it knowing that it's no longer there."

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"Sometimes you have to let go of somebody to see if there’s anything left to hold on to."

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"It may take only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."

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"Just because something won't last forever doesn't mean it can't last a lifetime."
Casper

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"When one door of happiness closes, another opens but often we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us."

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"A closed mind gathers no intelligence. A closed mouth gathers no feet."

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"Laugh alone and the world thinks you're and idiot."

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"He who laughs last, thinks the slowest."

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"If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic."

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"A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on."

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"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

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"A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer."

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"I always wanted to be somebody but I should have been more specific."-Lily Tomlin

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"If you love something, let it go.
If it comes back it's yours.
If it doesn't, it never really was in the first place."

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God grant me the SERENITY to
accept the things I cannot change.
COURAGE to change the things I can
and WISDOM to know the difference.

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"Love can sometimes be magic.
But magic can sometimes be just be an illusion."
-Javan

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The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
-Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
-David Russell

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A dream is a wish your heart makes.

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"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies..."
-Aristotle

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Close to the door
he paused to stand,
as he took his class ring
off her hand.
All who were watching
did not speak,
as a silent tear
ran down his cheek.
And through his mind
the memories ran,
of the moments they walked
and laughed in the sand.
But now her eyes were so terribly cold,
for he would never again
have her to hold.
They watched in silence
as he bent near
and whispered the words......
"I LOVE YOU" in her ear.
He touched her face and started to cry
as he put on his ring and wanted to die.
And just then the wind began to blow
as they lowered her casket
into the snow....
this is what happens
to men alive......
when friends let friends.....
drink and drive.

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A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

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The sea
Endlessly moving
Endlessly whispering
Calling me to listen…to feel…
The breeze passes through my hair
Caressing it as soft as a woman's fingers
The night air reveals the pure, white waves
Next to me is a body
Or is it more than a body?
I turn my head to look
I see nothing
But I feel something…warmth…
I want to hold it
Protect it from the cold
But I cannot see it
Why can't I see it?
Is it so important to be able to?
I call to it
"Who are you?" I ask
A familiar voice echoes back
"Who are you?" it responds
I cannot fathom who it is
Why can't I see who it is?
Must it be important to?
Can not the feeling alone suffice?

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To handle yourself, use your head,
To handle others, use your heart.

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Anger is only one letter short of danger.

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If someone betrays you once, it's his fault.
If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.

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Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

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God gives every bird its food,
but He does not throw it into its nest.

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He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.

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Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

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Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

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"God doesn't want us to do great things, only small things with great love."
-Mother Theresa

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Never
Never say I love you
If you really don't care
Never talk about feelings
If they aren't really there
Never hold my hand
If you are going to break my heart
Never say you are going to
If you don't plan to start
Never look into my eyes
If all you do is lie
Never say hello
If you really mean good bye
If you really mean forever
Then say you will try
Never say forever
Cause forever makes me cry

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"If you wish to inflict a heartless and malignant punishment
upon a young person, pledge him to keep a journal..."
-Mark Twain's "Innocence Abroad"<

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"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world."
-W.B. Yeats, "The Second Awakening&quoot;

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