#hope

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."

"What One Vulture Said to the Other I have a bone to pick with you ~which end shall we start on?"

"The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest— Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast."

"We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears."

"Consolation [10w] Man finds consolation in love, laughter and Ben & Jerry's."

"If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings and I still would've fallen a million times for you."

"Government Intrusion [10w] + {Couplet} America's biggest illusion is the beliefthey're free from government intrusion."

"I left my phone number on a napkin, along with trace amounts of spaghetti sauce and garlic bread grease, hoping she’d call me. And when she didn’t, I panicked and filed a missing person’s report with the police."

"Darkness Darkness is a decision the light cannot dissuade."

"The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing."

"Rebellious Fish [10w] Sometimes swimming against the current turns you into glazed salmon."

"The Poet's Mind In so many ways I walk ablaze in a maze,my eyes in a glaze, my mind in a daze,this poem's just a phrase in the latency phase,rephrase, rephrase, rephrase..."

"You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It's a place for disappearing, you'd said, a place for getting lost... and for getting found.I'll take you there, you'd said.And I could say that I agreed."

"Long distance is hard. You have to trust that as you each change on your own, your relationship will also change along with you. It takes hope, good humor, and idealism. It takes a massive dose of courage to protect the relationship at all odds. It is hard, but worth it. You'll both be stronger as a result."

"Thorny Love [10w] A thorn by any other name would hurt as much."

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

"♥ Love ♡ My heart skips a beat every time you walk through the door!It isn't love ~ I have an arrhythmia."

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."

"Busch Beer: Head for the mountains... [10w] ...and fall off the precipice shitfaced."