—THERE’S AN ICY FRINGE ON EVERYTHING

 

 

...“We were together. I forget the rest.” Walt Whitman

  

…“The less I needed, the better I felt.” Charles Bukowski

 

…“Too much joy, I swear, is lost in our desperation to keep it.” Ocean Vuong

 

…"It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody."  Spike Lee

 

…“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” Robert Frost

 

…“Don’t be an idiot. You can’t write if you’re dead.” Ruth King 

….50% of men ages 60 and up have never talked about their feelings with other men. 25% of guys ages 30 to 39 say the same. 

 

…“I want to blame my parents, but it’s probably my fault.” BEEF

 

…“Many people hear voice when no one is there. Some of them are called ‘mad’ and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called ‘writers’ and they do pretty much the same thing.” Ray Bradbury 

 

…“Those are my best days, when I shake with fear.” John Donne

 

…“I am out with the lanterns, looking for myself.” Emily Dickinson

 

…“I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.” Sylvia Plath

 

 “I do pray. I try and think of something out there that is a higher power, just to make sure I’m keeping my ego in check.” Billie Joe Armstrong 

 

…“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” Dr. Seuss

 

…“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” - Goethe

 

…“No more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all.” Toni Morrison

 

…"We are meant to become disappointed in people, just as we are meant to become disappointed in mediocre plays and books and paintings. Child-like things. Toxic things. Things that disrespect us. It is how we learn discernment. We are never cruel, but we are always moving, in smaller and smaller circles. It is painful but necessary. Loss always, for me, precedes growth." Marlon Brando

 

…“If I look back at all of the really difficult moments in my life, I was exactly where I was supposed to be even though I didn’t understand.” Gwenyth Paltrow

 

…“It’s important in your life to have people who will applaud your ambition.” Kamala Harris

 

…“Life is about pushing through the hard.” Courtney B. Vance

 

…“Perfect is the enemy of good.” Lessons in Chemistry

 

…“Courage is the root of change and change is wat we’re designed for.” Lessons in Chemistry

 

…“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found help to be a gift.” The Bear

 

…godspeak: kingdom come

 

you, with your point-blank fury, 

what if I told you 

that this is all there ever was:

this earth, this garden, this woman, 

this one precious, perishable kingdom. 

 

…In the United States, if you ask people what career they respect the most, the most common answer is Doctor. In Finland, the most admired professions is often teaching.

(Finland students have been graded the most knowledgeable in the world for several decades.) 

 

…“I was talking to someone once and they asked me, “Why are you afraid of dying?” And I said, “I’m afraid of darkness.” And they said, “How do you know it’s dark?” And I was like, “That’s a really good question. I have no idea what it’s like.” Billy Joe Armstrong

 

…“Speaking of dead brothers, do you want to go to a party?” The Bear 

 

….There are a lot of times when being right isn’t good for anyone.

 

…The only difference between “between” is left or right. So, you gotta pick one.

 

…“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make more art.” Andy Warhol   

  

…“Long-lasting friendships and relationships break under the weight of control. The thicker the ego is, the more likely the individual is to believe that their way is always the right way. Control is often a manifestation of old hurt and trauma.” Yung Publeo 

 

…You have ten percent battery life left.