When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don’t hesitate to change, but don’t change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future. (Charles M. Schwab)
Cursed greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. — Virgil – Debby Grahl, The Silver Crescent
They wore their strange beauty like war paint (Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown)
I think of going to the Grave without having a Psychedelic Experience is like going to the Grave without ever having Sex. It means that you never Figured out what it is all about. The Mystery is in the Body and the way the Body Works itself into Nature (Terence McKenna)
I have already lost the knowledge of the word whose sound has the shape of a soul. But perhaps it’s not too late. Come with me. Hurry now. We still have a chance to be young (Dexter Palmer, The Dream of Perpetual Motion)
Over the years, they’d become accomplished at avoiding unpleasant topics. Their burdened demeanors spoke volumes through the silence (Glenn B Miller, The Barrier: Parental concern never ends)
The key to a successful relationship isn’t just in the words, it’s in the choice of punctuation. When you’re in love with someone, a well-placed question mark can be the difference between bliss and disaster, and a deeply respected period or a cleverly inserted ellipsis can prevent all kinds of exclamations (David Levithan, The Lover’s Dictionary)
Heart’s fragrance is spent with the ending of springAnd nothing left but a tear-stained robe (Li Shangyin)
I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch of freedom, and then they are free to come back to you. I love the idea of pigeons (George Foreman)
From a spiritual perspective, each individual heart is a place where Divine love is expressed and experienced. That’s what it’s designed for. That love shows up in an unlimited number of shapes and sizes, colors and flavors. We are here to love, as big and as fearlessly as we possibly can (Jeffrey R. Anderson, The Nature of Things – Navigating Everyday Life with Grace)