Quotes
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.” ~ Mary Pickford
Now there’s an ocean between where I am and where I want to be.” ~ Flogging Molly
God doesn’t give you the people you want, He gives you the people you need – to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be. ~ Unknown
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~ James Bryant Conant
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that catch your heart. ~ American Indian saying
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. ~ Paul Valery
All of the following are from The Pondering Pool.
“It makes no difference that I faithfully plant my ass ringside during skirmishes between me and myself. I’m never allowed to intervene.”
“Today will be joyous, for the beauty slamming against my face is unwilling to be ignored.”
“I collect my tatters, the perfect pieces of me, and match them together in an informal pattern just to suggest myself. Then I can start the welding process, and in a short breath, I’ll be fine.”
“I stand, I reach, I yearn, I bellow, and finally I live. What do you do?”
