#mind

"Want vs. What's Coming to You As the Rolling Stones say,You can't always get what you want ~but God will always give you what's coming to you."

"If I lived, she died, and I'd never find someone like her again. If she lived, I would have to die. No matter how many times I ran it through my head, there didn't seem to be another way out. One of us had to die and Rita didn't want to talk it through. She was going to let our skill decide."

"Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.The more profound feeling of being lost is existential, and comes unforeseen, after we finally fulfill our dreams.To survive the latter, we must create an entirely new set of dreams."

"Kansas State Motto Ad astra per aspera. [9]Flat land and flatline intelligence."

"Poorly Hidden [10w] We're incapable of hiding arrogance, ambition or being in love."

"Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow."

"Iran [10w] In Teheran daylight dawnswith minarets against skies of bronze."

"Masochist [10w] A masochist goes to massage parlor seeking a tragic ending."

"As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves"

"Love vs. the Three Headed Dragon In relationships, the corrosive venom of the three-headed dragon areindifference, fault-finding and 'take-each-other-for-grantedness'.Only these cantarnish the shining armor of amour."

"Compassion and Self-Neglect [10w] Compassionate people know how to care of everybody but themselves."

"Perspective [10w] In every needle there's a haystack,if you step back."

"Preserving Beauty [10w] + {Couplet} Preserving beauty is futile;even Cleopatra returned to the Nile."

"A heart has problems which mind cannot understand."

"Losing your mind is preferable to losing your woman, because if you lose your woman you will also lose your mind, and then you’re left with nothing."

"With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing."

"When you make a choice, you change the future."

"Sex Kitchens of the Future [10w] Her entire kitchen was made of silicone ~ including her breasts."

"You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel."

"Over-Douse [10w] Trying to mask death's smell,old ladies over-douse on perfume."