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Originally uploaded by kisses are a better fate than wisdom We are, I am, you are by cowardice or courage the one who find our way back to this scene carrying a knife, a camera a book of myths in which our names do not appear Diving into the Wreck Adrienne Rich

“We do not have to accept mediocrity or compromise our values. We can decide to be great, we can address great problems, we can see great possibilities ." - Senator John Edwards

"the best part of the day is when you step out of the shower in the morning and the water drops off of you. anything after that doesn't really count much." ( via ) ~Kurt Tucholsky

"a person who is ignored, whose presence is not acknowledged, slowly dies. only mindfulness can bring them back to life. embraced by your mindfulness, they will bloom like a flower." ( via ) ~Thich Nhat Hanh

You say you're alright, but Josie it's time You gotta get your feet on the ground But she says: "No, don't you see we have wings? It's the funniest thing, it's just that no one knows." No one knows, sweet Josephine... Josephine , Teitur

"if you lose expectation, you have everything." ( via ) ~Buddha

"this is my simple religion. there is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy . our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." ~The Dali Lama

"the highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude." ~Thorton Wilder

"between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing." ~Adoph Monod

"nature never did betray the heart that loved her." ~William Wordsworth

"it would be easier to peel off a three-day-old Band-Aid from a hairy kneecap than to remove the patina of Baptist upbringing that coats my psyche." {Mary Ellen Snodgrass}

"when i told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?" {Quentin Crisp}

"as I descended the stairs, the years between us seemed accumulated everywhere, filling the house, and it seemed strange to me, how love and habit blurred so thoroughly to make a life." {Sue Monk Kidd}

"bed is the poor man's opera." {Italian Proverb}

"i'm optimistic about the future, but not about the future of this civilization. i'm optimistic about the civilization which will replace this one." {James Baldwin}

"it's so curious: one can resist tears and "behave" very well in the hardest hours of grief. but then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer....and everything collapses." {Colette}

"live to the point of tears." {Albert Camus}

"don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." {Ann Landers}

"it's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars." {Garrison Keillor}