February 2010
57 posts
“It should not be denied… that being footloose has always exhilarated us....”
– Wallace Stegner
I'm Nobody! Who are you?
I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there's a pair of us? Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one's name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! - Emily Dickinson
To be alive
To be alive: not just the carcass But the spark. That's crudely put, but… If we're not supposed to dance, Why all this music? - Gregory Orr
I am not yours
I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still A spirit beautiful and bright, Yet I am I, who long to be Lost as a light is lost in light. Oh plunge me deep in love—put out My senses, leave me deaf and blind, Swept by the tempest of your love, A taper in a rushing wind. - Sara Teasdale
Meeting at Night
The gray sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low: And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand. Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach; Three fields to cross till a farm appears; A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted...
“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have...”
– Abraham Lincoln (via justbesplendid)
“I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens...”
– John Steinbeck (East of Eden) (via justbesplendid)
“I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything...”
– Marc Jacobs (via quote-book) (via instantly)
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself....”
– Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) (via justbesplendid)
