#life

"Rat Trap Haiku 'Hmm, 12 by 13,4 by 9. Oy! You call thisrat trap an apartment?"

"You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too."

"Diplomacy The diplomat's expert way of saying 'They should go fuck themselves' is:"We are agreed in principleand will take our minor differencesunder thoughful consideration."

"Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success."

"Silence is argument carried out by other means."

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."

"Beyond the Place of Turning Back ↺ "Sometimes I wish to fly so far sou⇟hit's stars beyond the place of turning back↺"

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me that all of life has that."

"It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious."

"Rhyme vs. Reason {Couplet} Do not try to make rhyme of reason,nor reason of rhyme;For the former's too systematic,the latter's too sublime."

"Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it."

"So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world.And live your life."

"She said she loved me, and I believed her, because she was looking directly at another man when she said it."

"It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten."

"Ferdinand VII of Spain {Couplet} He who can false loyalty feignshall sit twice upon the throne of Spain."

"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go."

"But I can hardly sit still. I keep fidgeting, crossing one leg and then the other. I feel like I could throw off sparks, or break a window--maybe rearrange all the furniture."

"The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action."

"Pedestals [10w] People should not be placed on pedestals unless they're stuffed."