-
James F. Byrnes
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. -
Please Understand (A Bachelor's Valentine) by Stephen Dunn
When, next day, I found one of your earrings ( Read more... ) -
Assorted Quotes, Robertson Davies
Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them ( Read more... ) -
"Six Words" Lloyd Schwartz
yes
no
maybe
sometimes
always
never
Never?
Yes.
Always?
No.
Sometimes?
Maybe-
maybe
never
sometimes.
Yes-
no
always:
always
maybe.
No-
never
yes.
Sometimes,
sometimes
(always)
yes.
Maybe
never . . .
No,
no-
sometimes.
Never.
Always?
Maybe.
Yes-
yes no
maybe sometimes
always never. -
The Princess Bride, William Goldman (Introduction)
People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing; I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie; it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability. -
Sweetness by Stephen Dunn
Just when it has seemed I couldn’t bear ( Read more... ) -
e.e. cummings - Humanity i love you
Humanity i love you ( Read more... ) -
"Poem" by Frank O'Hara
You do not always seem to be able to decide
that it is all right, that you are doing what you're doing
and yet there is always that complicity in your smile
that it is we, not you, who are doing it
which is one of the things that make me love you -
"Beyond the Ash Rains" Agha Shahid Ali
'What have you known of loss
That makes you different from other men?'
- GilgameshWhen the desert refused my history ( Read more... )