Hope Her mind is a graveyard Her heart is an island She and I are not good friends but I have known Her all my life She sits in my belly...hollow and distant and her whispered words of encouragement will never comfort me I am on to Her tricks Go away I tell Her, I am busy today, I have got things to do but this acquaintance never knows when to leave It is not a question of why She befriended me in the first place It is more a question of why I choose to let Her stay
Quoted from In my Fathers Den (exceptional New Zealand film) from original book by Maurice Gee
Hope Her mind is a graveyard Her heart is an island She and I are not good friends but I have known Her all my life She sits in my belly...hollow and distant and her whispered words of encouragement will never comfort me I am on to Her tricks Go away I tell Her, I am busy today, I have got things to do but this acquaintance never knows when to leave It is not a question of why She befriended me in the first place It is more a question of why I choose to let Her stay
Quoted from In my Fathers Den (exceptional New Zealand film) from original book by Maurice Gee
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” Pablo Picasso
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” Anton Chekhov
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
My quote of the day is from a Thesaurus. I love reading about language and I like the detailed description of the difference and similarity between these words.
"CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD absolve, acquit, exempt, exonerate, forgive, pardon, vindicate To varying degrees, all of these words mean to free from guilt or blame, and some are most frequently heard in a legal or political context. Absolve is the most general term, meaning to set free or release—not only from guilt or blame, but from a duty or obligation (absolved from her promise to serve on the committee) or from the penalties for their violation. Pardon is usually associated with the actions of a government or military official (President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon following his resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal) and specifically refers to a release from prosecution or punishment. It is usually a legal official who decides to acquit someone—that is, release someone from a specific and formal accusation of wrongdoing (the court acquitted the accused due to lack of evidence). Exonerate suggests relief (its origin suggests the lifting of a burden), often in a moral sense, from a definite charge so that not even the suspicion of wrongdoing remains (completely exonerated from the accusation of cheating). A person who is vindicated is also off the hook, usually due to the examination of evidence (she vindicated herself by producing the missing documents). Exempt has less to do with guilt and punishment and more to do with duty and obligation (exempt from paying taxes). To forgive, however, is the most magnanimous act of all: it implies not only giving up on the idea that an offense should be punished, but also relinquishing any feelings of resentment or vengefulness (“to err is human, to forgive divine”)."
"QUITE OFTEN THE THOUGHT OF WHAT MIGHT BE IS GREATER THAN THE REWARD OF WHAT IS ". This thought came to my mind years ago and I wrote it down and as life evolves has more significance than ever
"I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.” Far from the Madding Crowd ― Thomas Hardy
Once upon a time there was a land in which people thought that by sleeping with each other they could get their partners' magical powers and avoid loneliness.
They were wrong.
from playing ball on running water David K. Reynolds
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Her mind is a graveyard
Her heart is an island
She and I are not good friends
but I have known Her all my life
She sits in my belly...hollow and distant
and her whispered words of encouragement will never comfort me
I am on to Her tricks
Go away I tell Her, I am busy today, I have got things to do
but this acquaintance never knows when to leave
It is not a question of why She befriended me in the first place
It is more a question of why I choose to let Her stay
Quoted from In my Fathers Den
(exceptional New Zealand film)
from original book by Maurice Gee
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
Godfather.
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And Love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet we’ll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.
Lord Byron
(1788-1824)
ME!
Godfather.
John Lennon
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Pablo Picasso
“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”
Anton Chekhov
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed".- Carl Jung.
"Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see."- Paul Klee
"CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD
absolve, acquit, exempt, exonerate, forgive, pardon, vindicate
To varying degrees, all of these words mean to free from guilt or blame, and some are most frequently heard in a legal or political context. Absolve is the most general term, meaning to set free or release—not only from guilt or blame, but from a duty or obligation (absolved from her promise to serve on the committee) or from the penalties for their violation. Pardon is usually associated with the actions of a government or military official (President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon following his resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal) and specifically refers to a release from prosecution or punishment. It is usually a legal official who decides to acquit someone—that is, release someone from a specific and formal accusation of wrongdoing (the court acquitted the accused due to lack of evidence). Exonerate suggests relief (its origin suggests the lifting of a burden), often in a moral sense, from a definite charge so that not even the suspicion of wrongdoing remains (completely exonerated from the accusation of cheating). A person who is vindicated is also off the hook, usually due to the examination of evidence (she vindicated herself by producing the missing documents). Exempt has less to do with guilt and punishment and more to do with duty and obligation (exempt from paying taxes). To forgive, however, is the most magnanimous act of all: it implies not only giving up on the idea that an offense should be punished, but also relinquishing any feelings of resentment or vengefulness (“to err is human, to forgive divine”)."
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
~Martin Luther King Jr.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
~Dr. Seuss
If you make a better you, that will make them better too!
~unknown
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
Won't let the darkness swallow me.
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck in a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!
Tomorrow!
Tomorrow!
I love ya
Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!
Imagine what we as a whole,
Can do to change the world.
Me.
once its gone its vanishes with only respect
This thought came to my mind years ago and I wrote it down and as life evolves has more significance than ever
Far from the Madding Crowd ― Thomas Hardy
Once upon a time there was a land in which people thought that by sleeping with each other they could get their partners' magical powers and avoid loneliness.
They were wrong.
from playing ball on running water
David K. Reynolds
-Lewis Black
bird got to fly
man got to sit and wonder
why why why
cant remember who wrote it...
and that just drives me crazy - Me