#hope

"I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota."

"Depression Busy people have neither the time nor the swimming skills to take a divein a pool of depression."

"A dried plant is nothing but a sign to plant a new one"

"Love and Blindness [10w] Love may be unilaterally blind,but divorce blinds both parties."

"Poetry as Entertainment [10w] Poetry that's not entertaining is just a self-indulgent laundry list."

"Patriotism [10w] Patriotism for the rich is a subtle synonym for profiteering."

"2 Rules on Becoming a Good Poet [10w] Rule#1: Never write shitty poetry.Rule#2: Never forget Rule #1."

"With all honesty, somewhere between the hello and the dreams I saw you in I fell in love."

"There is a secret medicine given only to those who hurt so hard they can't hope.The hopers would feel slighted if they knew."

"Love and Death [10w] A person who lives without love chooses death by default."

"The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."

"Jonesing [10w] Is it odd of me that I'm Jonsesing for strange?"

"Fortunately Jesus didn't leave [the disciples]-or any of us-without hope or direction. Where we fail, Jesus succeeded. The only One who as able to recognize and follow His purpose from the beginning was Jesus. He alone was able to obey consistently and please God completely. And His divine mission was to make a way for each of us to do the same."

"what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

"In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer..."

"When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture."

"The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell."

"Many were the steps taken in doubt, that saw their shapeless ends in no time. Those who travail in faith today will truimph in joy tomorrow. Let faith lead the way."

"Penetrate the Mysteries "If you ever hope to penetrate the mysteries of the universe,you've got to buy her a drink first and then pretend you're listening."

"Do not follow me! Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today and today, and let's trust the future to tommorrow. Let the stars keep track of us. Let us ride our own orbits and trust that they will meet. May our reunion be not a finding but a sweet collision of destinies!"