#Purpose

"Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose."

"A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art."

"Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope."

"Put it All on Black' [10w] God doesn't play dice with the universe;He prefers roulette."

"The Poet as Enchantress [10w] + {Couplet} The poet is an enchantress,with or without a dress."

"Object of Desire A woman knows she's the object of a unknown man's desirelike a game animal becoming aware it is being looked at."

"Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places?Look for delusion and truth in thebottom of your own heart."

"Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay."

"Charity [10w] Contentment over your life is the best aphrodisiac for charity."

"Pacifism There's nothing like seeing action in war to turn a soldier into an instant pacifist or an instant killer."

"A lost person or article is still what it is, still valuable in itself, but in the wrong place, disconnected from its purpose and unable to be or do whatever it is intended to be or do."

"Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you."

"Why miss out on what God has in store for you while you’re trying to get in on his plan for somebody else? Your plans are the best—for YOU—and so is your personality. You’re so worth it"

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Extra Crispy Deranged Free Range Chickens "Hey, I may be delusional in believing you're delusional,but one thinks for sure, the person who bothers to read this shit is delusional."

"To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top."

"Detonation vs. Pre-Ignition [10w] Poets have thin skins;physicists call this differential burn rates."

"Shadows are only Neutral at Noon [10w] + {Couplet} Whose side shadows fall upon,tis' ordained by reigning sun."

"again!"=""Perfect happiness is when your child giggles and yells,"Again!"

"What gave you this idea of an imperfect god?''I don't know. It seems quite feasible to me. That is the only god I could imagine believing in, a god whose passion is not a redemption, who saves nothing, fulfills no purpose--a god who simply is."