#life

"The wealthier I get, the more money I will have to not have, because my goal in getting is giving, and nothing is better than charity."

"Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud..."

"Rise to the occassion which is life!"

"He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life."

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."

"Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!"

"That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."

"I’m willing to die for the woman I love. I just want to take 75 years to do it."

"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you."

"You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival; it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in..."

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."

"Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care."

"Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth."

"The harmonica has musical wind, and is the breath of soul. It’s like a sad, lonely I love you lost in the breeze."

"He was fucking sad. That's it. That's the point. He knows life is never going to get any different for him. That there's no fixing him. It's always going to be the same monotonous depressing bullshit. Boring, sad, boring, sad. He just wants it to be over."

"The Universe Begins and Ends in Us If a telescope could see beyond the edges of the universe,we would see ourselves looking into a telescope trying to see beyond the edges of universe."

"Keep Austin Weird Haiku Neck dragon tattoo, piercings, purple haired kindergarten teacher.Keep Austin weird."

"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved."