Prompts for 7/26-8/1
Most of these quotes came at the suggestion of the amazingly talented writers at beyondtherift. I can't begin to explain how wonderful they are. Thank you so much! <3
Quotes:
1. "What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, as well as the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers."
-Sarah Dessen
2. "What I am learning to give you is my death
to set you free of me, and me from myself."
- Wendell Berry
3. "We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime, keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inqueries say "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps us, and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts--not to hurt others."
--George Eliot, "Middlemarch"
4. He said," Dance for me." And he said," You are too beautiful for the wind to pick at or the sun to burn." He said," I am a poor tattered thing but not unkind to the sad dancer, and the dancing dead."
--Sydney Keyes, Four Postures of Death
5. I pressed my lips against his ear and whispered again, It's not your fault. Perhaps this was really the only thing I had ever wanted to say to anyone in the world.
-Miranda July
6. We are terrible for eachother and yes ; we are a disaster.
but tell me your heart doesn't race for a hurricane or burning building.
-www.asofterworld.com
7. Bullfight critics row on row
Crowd the vast arena full
But only one man's there who knows
And he's the man who fights the bull.
--anonymous
8. The first requisite for immortality is death.
--Stanislaw J. Lec
9. When we remember we are mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
--Mark Twain
10. We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.
--Joan Didion
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Quotes:
1. "What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, as well as the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers."
-Sarah Dessen
2. "What I am learning to give you is my death
to set you free of me, and me from myself."
- Wendell Berry
3. "We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime, keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inqueries say "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps us, and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts--not to hurt others."
--George Eliot, "Middlemarch"
4. He said," Dance for me." And he said," You are too beautiful for the wind to pick at or the sun to burn." He said," I am a poor tattered thing but not unkind to the sad dancer, and the dancing dead."
--Sydney Keyes, Four Postures of Death
5. I pressed my lips against his ear and whispered again, It's not your fault. Perhaps this was really the only thing I had ever wanted to say to anyone in the world.
-Miranda July
6. We are terrible for eachother and yes ; we are a disaster.
but tell me your heart doesn't race for a hurricane or burning building.
-www.asofterworld.com
7. Bullfight critics row on row
Crowd the vast arena full
But only one man's there who knows
And he's the man who fights the bull.
--anonymous
8. The first requisite for immortality is death.
--Stanislaw J. Lec
9. When we remember we are mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
--Mark Twain
10. We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.
--Joan Didion
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