December 2011
34 posts
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
– Henry Ellis (via indietunes)
oh, when it came to salvation I was only sure
I needed to be spared
someone...
– Salvation by Stephen Dunn : Poetry Magazine
You will recognize your own path when you come upon it because you will suddenly...
– Sara Teasdale (via tomorrowmidnight)
For you I undress down to the sheaths of my nerves.
I remove my jewelry and set...
– For You by Kim Addonizio | The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor
When you wake to the dream of now
from night and its other dream,
you carry...
– William Stafford
I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way.
– Andy Goldsworthy
Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and...
– Christopher Hitchens (via coketalk)
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the...
– Katharine Hepburn (via thelittlephilosopher)
People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think...
– Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth (via human-voices)
Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when...
– Henry Miller (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement,...
– Harlan Ellison
It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the...
– Alberto Giacometti