"nothing evols unless it is involved."

"I would rather feel pain, than nothing at all"

Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence.
~Ashleigh Brilliant

I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here.
~Stephen Bishop

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. ~Clarence Darrow

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

A paper should be like a mini skirt: long enough to cover everything, but short enough to keep it interesting.

I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.

I'm not sure what's wrong... But it's probably your fault!

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.

People are seldom too busy to stop and tell you how busy they are.

Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any.

Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded.

Intelligent doesn't have to mean educated. And Creative doesn't have to mean talented.

In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
- - - Geoffrey Cottrell

Americans always try to do the right thing -- after they've tried everything else.
- - - Winston Churchill

Behind every great man, there is a surprised woman.
- - - Maryon Pearson

I CAN'T BELIEVE OUT OF TEN THOUSAND SPERM, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE IT

"custard is not just a dessert, its a way of life"

"Don't ever frown, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago. Dare not say that a man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant."
- Jane Austen, Persuasion

Quote:

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Ah, new question: what does it take for you/me to feel "at home"?

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Home, I think, is where you know you can break down and cry, and know that a warm bosom and a cup of hot chocoate will be there for you, no questions asked.

Loved the poem, excon.

Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from it their own subsistence, and their dependence will be abolished -- that of man also

On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself -- on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life.

Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.

A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will engage in acts of duplicity which come to light very much later. There are different species of self-justification.

Men insist that they don’t mind women succeeding so long as they retain their “femininity”. Yet the qualities that men consider “feminine” timidity, submissiveness, obedience, silliness, and self-debasement—are the very qualities best guaranteed to assure the defeat of even the most gifted aspirant.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.

" a woman is like a teabag, you dont know how strong she is untill she is in hot water"

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.

Well, it's not literature... but one of my favorite songs is "Closer to Fine" by Indigo Girls.

"There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine"

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in Ourselves..."

~Julius Ceasar~ I, ii, 140

"Love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit."

~Jessica~The Merchant of Venice

"The Roomba. Vacuum and entertainment, in one nifty package!" :D

Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with. ~Drew Sirtors

He was my cream, and I was his coffee -
And when you poured us together, it was something.
~Josephine Baker (What you think about that one, K?? )

"love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind"

No wonder why love is blind!

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

Change is the nursery of music, joy, life and eternity.

The beauty of the human mind is that any decision that is made can be unmade.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

Man is always torn between the wish to regress to the womb and the wish to be fully born. Every act of birth requires the courage to let go of something, to let go of the breast, to let go of the lap, to let go of the hand, to let go eventually of all certainties, and to rely only upon one thing: one's own power to be aware and to respond; that is, one's own creativity.

To be creative means to consider the whole process of life as a process of birth, and not to take any stage of life as a final stage. Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.

STORY OF THE LITTLE GRAPE STEM

Once upon a time there was a little grape stem. This stem was so glad to be alive... She drank water and minerals from the soil and grew and grew. She was young and strong and could manage quite well... All by Herself.

But then, the wind was cruel, the rain was harsh, the snow was not one bit understanding, and the little grape stem suffered. She drooped, weak and suffering. It would be so easy to stop trying to grow, to stop trying to live. And the grape stem felt poor! The winter was long, and the stem was weary.

But then the little grape stem heard a voice. It was another grape stem calling out to her "Here, reach out...hang on to me. But the stem hesitated. "What would this mean?" she thought, for you see, the little
stem had always managed quite well...All by herself.

But then, ever so cautiously, she reached out towards the other grape stem. "See, I can help you," it said. "Just wind your tendrils about me and I will help you lift your head." And the little stem trusted....and suddenly she could stand straight again.

The wind came...and the rain...and the snow, But when it came, the little grape stem was clinging to many other stems. And although the stems were swayed by the wind...and frozen by the snow, They stood strongly united to each other. And in their united strength...they could smile and grow.

And then, one day the little stem looked down and saw a tiny stem, swaying and frightened. And our little grape stem said, "Here, hang on... I will help you." And the other stem reached up to our grape stem... And together all the stems grew... Leaves budded... flowers bloomed... And finally, grapes formed And the grapes fed many.

— Author Unknown

There but for the grace of God go I.

"Angels and minsters of grace defend us!"

"Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey."

"Only a fool walks into the future backward."

"We all can be only who we are, no more, no less."

"Don't worry about what might be...Worry about what is."

"Love is a passion for life shared with another person."

-terry goodkind

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds upon the heel that crushed it.

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
-- Philip K.

Some people know better, and they still make the mistake. That's when ignorance becomes stupidity."
-- Aaron McBride

Surprises are things that you not only didn't know, but that contradict things you thought you knew. And so they're the most valuable sort of fact you can get. They're like a food that's not merely healthy, but counteracts the unhealthy effects of things you've already eaten."
-- Paul Graham

So many times I found myself on the receiving end of unkind treatment, or on the giving end of the same, that there is not often a space in which I can find peace to escape from this woman I have become. I want so much to not know the things I've known, to not feel the things I've felt, to not have hurt the ones I've hurt."

Make changes based on your strongest opportunities, not your most convenient ones."
-- MegaTokyo

Because you have always been so kind to me, and I won't be seeing you again since I'm killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite. ~ The Princess Bride



The quotes I share tonight, I have experienced in a very short and sad period. The sun will rise tomorrow regardless of my pain and me remind me it's a new day. A day to stop forgiving, stop remembering, stop being the fool, and stop being the joke. Tomorrown sun will dry the tears of tonight, but tonight they flow freely, just as they were meant to do all along...

Rebirth of the Eagle

The Eagle has the longest life span of its species.

It can live up to 70 years.

But to reach this age the Eagle must make a hard decision.
In it's 40's its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food. It's long and sharp beak becomes bent. It's old aged and heavy wings , due to their thick feathers , become stuck to its chest and make it difficult to fly.

The Eagle is left with 2 options , DIE or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days.
The process requires the Eagle to fly to a mountain top and sit on its nest.
There the Eagle knocks its bent beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its withered talons. When its new talons grow back the Eagle starts plucking its old aged feathers out.

After 5 months the Eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and LIVES for 30 more years.

Why is change needed?

Many times in order to survive we have to start a change process.
We sometimes need to get rid of old memories , habits , and other past traditions.
Only freed from past burdens can we take advantage of the present.

Unknown author
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Though this is a myth I think the philosophy is good.

Morning all...

Ok, I've been quoting a quote all night... and can't remember the whole thing. I did a quick search on here (I thought lifehappened put it on here... ) but I couldn't find it...

HELP!

Its about "you" being the hole that I walk around all day and fall into at night...

What is it?? Rather than Google it, I'd rather ask all y'all! :)

Its somewhere in this thread I think... you must serch... now

LOL! All right, all right... work for it, huh? I got it! :)

Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

Success!! Yessss...

"prior proper planning prevents piss poor performance" My Mom

Its not a quote, but I've been singing this song as of late...

Stand
Rascal Flatts

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your fight
But you'll be all right

[Chorus:]
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake it off
Then you Stand, Then you stand
Life's like a novel
With the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon
With only one way down
Take what you're given before its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on

[Repeat Chorus]

Every time you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place

[Chorus]

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

--Terry Goodkind, "Wizard's First Rule"

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

A friend is someone who helps you up when you're down, and if they can't, they lay down beside you and listen.

It's not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

The significant problems we face can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

Don't sell yourself short. Revel in your moments. Let each moment shine as a spectrum of color, imprinting its rainbow rays on your life... Live in each breath, don't worry about the next, but truly revel in your today's. Find the key to momentary living in your own personal way.
~A HistorianChick original~

Yes, its my signature, but I've learned to live this... and that's what this thread is for - those quotes that have influenced your life.

Sometimes, I need my own advice.

Happiness is not about having what you want but wanting what you have

I'm half Irish and half Indian. Whatever you do, never give me a bottle of whiskey and a knife.

PAIN... Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Kahlil Gibran

This is my favourite ever, but has left me few friends.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art."
Kahlil Gibran

Ooo ^... I'd give you another greenie if I could... I can see how that one would leave you few friends, but wow, its so true.