"and there was this feeling there—this overwhelming feeling of anticipated joy and unfettered possibility—that is still palpable in my consciousness. the feeling of good things—unknown and unmentionable yet vaguely familiar—to come. life, in all its glory, sprawled out in front of me in a moment." - shelley mcconkie
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Knowing
"I've been rereading your story. I think it's about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that's okay. We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them."
-Richard Siken
-Richard Siken
Games
"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."
-Scott Fitzgerald
-Scott Fitzgerald
Friday, December 17, 2010
Pretty
"How are you ever going to change anything if you only want to look at what's pretty?"
-Bob Dylan
-Bob Dylan
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Fight
"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."
-Muhammad Ali
-Muhammad Ali
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sorrow
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.
-William Shakespeare
-William Shakespeare
Friday, December 3, 2010
Bold
"When you cannot make up your mind which of two eveny balanced courses of action you should take--choose the bolder."
-W.J. Slim
-W.J. Slim
Thursday, December 2, 2010
No Matter
"Be who you are, and say what you feel, because those that mind don't matter and those that matter don't mind."
-Dr. Seuss
-Dr. Seuss
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Fail
"Would you like me to give you a formula for success?
It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success." --Thomas J. Watson