February 2011
1 post
“I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
December 2010
0 posts
“Every day I put love on the line. There is nothing I am less good at than love....”
– Eugene Peterson
“Remember: that giants sleep too soundly; that witches are often betrayed by...”
– Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things)
“The snow and I both
have the most uncanny knack
of falling for you.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
– Mark Twain (via fauxprose)
November 2010
7 posts
October 2010
1 post
“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.”
– James Crook (via quote-book)
August 2010
4 posts
“Where there is woman there is magic.”
– Ntozake Shange (via justbesplendid)
July 2010
9 posts
Stranger on the Train
[My wonderful gypsy friend, Kate, sent this to me yesterday as she’s in the midst of backpacking through Europe. It was too good not to share.]
After navigating the maze that is the Paris metro system, I finally found my platform and elbowed my way through the seething crowd onto the train. I might has well have been carrying around an obese monkey on my back. My pack was huge and my other...
“A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling...”
– Tennessee Williams (via ireadintothings) (via quote-book)
“Real glamour and beauty is not just mascara, Chanel No.5 perfume, and perfect...”
– Sophia Bush (via) (via heartwarming) (via girlylollipop) (via macaroononastick)
June 2010
9 posts
If you were going to New York for a week with no set itinerary, what would you make sure to do?
May 2010
10 posts
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than...”
– Albert Einstein (via justbesplendid)
This is how I live my life.
“Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can...”
– Tim Hansel | Submitted by frozenmoonlight (via quote-book)
“No man ever became wise by chance”
– Seneca (via justbesplendid)
“Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself...”
– - Anthony Robbins (via justbesplendid)
I don’t really like this guy, but this is wonderful.
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow...”
– ~William E. Channing~ (via justbesplendid)
“If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees he reaches all the...”
– Ruth Bell Graham (Billy Graham’s wife)
April 2010
22 posts
This is a time of the culmination of many of the things that I have spoken to you in the past, says the Lord, and also a time when you can now proceed into the next phase of your life. You may experience a sense of loss as you make some required changes, but this will actually be a time of looking back briefly before you begin to move forward. Don’t be afraid to let go. I am with you to take...
“None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.”
– Comte de Mirabeau (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Whatever their size or shape or color, womans lips are going to be around a long...”
– Richard Armour (via 500daysofkissingmypillow) (via quote-book)
“Take pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.”
– Lois Lowry (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
