tragically unhip | quotes

"To explain why we become attached to our birthplaces, we pretend that we are trees and speak of "roots." Look under your feet. You will not find gnarled growths sprouting through the soles. Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places." {salman rushdie}

"if you come to a fork in the road, take it." {yogi berra}

"you can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right." {maya angelou}

"optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress." {lloyd alexander}

"it's time again. tear up the violets and plant something more difficult to grow." {james schuyler}

"if you cannot be a poet, be the poem." {david carradine}