Gode sitater og ordtak!

[LilleBille]

Her er også mange gode sitater.

[Nitha]

Favoritten er som du ser;

Legg ikke lista høyere enn du kan gå rakrygget under.

Bendik Rugaas.

Også husker jeg strofa jeg fant akkurat for sent til russekortet;

If I had the wings of a sparrow and the ass of a cow

I'd fly to school tomorrow

and drop my message from abowe.

Fru Nitha

[nostalgia]

"En times omhu for en ensom venn har aldri noen gitt forgjeves hen et lite ord til den som er din make, får du i glansen av et smil tilbake."

~Arnulf Øverland~

"Det er stort å være stor, men det er større å være menneskelig."

~Will Rogers~

"Vi er alle like i mørket."

~Ukjent~

"Som vi for verden viser oss er den mot oss igjen. Den er en skog som svarer slik som det blir ropt i den."

~Herman Wildenvey~

"Når ingenting er sikkert, er alt mulig."

~Margaret Drabble~

"Sinnet har tusen øyne, og hjertet bare ett. Likevel dør et helt livs lys når kjærligheten er borte."

~F.W. Bourdillon~

"Sorg er kjærlighetens pris."

~Nils Bredesen~

"De fleste kunstarter krever langvarig studium og trening, men den mest verdifulle av dem alle, kunsten å glede andre, krever bare et ønske om å gjøre det."

~Jarlen av Chesterfield~

"Bare han spøker med arr, som aldri er blitt såret."

~Shakespeare~

"Jeg tror, nei jeg vet, at en mann som virkelig har elsket og er blitt elsket igjen av en kvinne, han kan nok siden møte motgang og ulykke. Han kan bli ensom, han kan bli forlatt. Men det kan aldri gå ham helt galt. Jeg mener: innvendig, i sinnet kan det aldri gå ham helt galt. Der vil han alltid ha et område å falle tilbake til, et fast punkt som holder ham i likevekt, en rikdom ingen kan ta fra ham."

~Sigurd Hoel~

[Gjest gjest1]

Jeg har samlet sitater i en bok i årevis! Fin tråd, Nostalgica.

"Hva tjener evig skapen i det blinde, når alt det skapte bare skal forsvinne?" (Goethe)

"To sjeler bor det i mitt arme bryst. De holder dårlig selskap med hinannen. Den ene klamrer seg i sanselyst til jordisk liv med grådige organer. Den annen løfter seg fra støvets lyst til åndens makt med de høye aner." (Goethe)

"Er ikke samfunnsnormene og konvensjonene blitt slik at det å følge idealet kompromissløst ville bety å bli en radikal opprører mot alt og alle?. (Schiller)

"Finnes det noe hjem for oss som ikke finner fred i rekkehus og bankkonti?. (Kaj Skagen)

- Men livet mitt renner bort. Jeg gir så lite.

- Sånt vet man aldri selv. (G. Thunstrøm, Juleoratoriet).

" Et erkjennende menneske sitter ikke inne med noen sannheter. Det forsøker snarere å holde seg oppegående i en vedvarende bevissthetsprosess". (Sven Kiærup Bjørneboe)

" Det skal kaos til for å skape en dansende stjerne". (Fr. Nietzsche)

" Alt interessant foregår i mørket. Vi vet ingenting om menneskets egentlige historie". ( L.F Celine)

"Vi lever som vi drømmer - i ensomhet". (Joseph Conrad)

" Den som bærer sin moral som han bærer sin beste drakt, burde heller gå naken". ( K. Gibran, Profeten)

Dette er noen av mine favoritter ( i likhet med signaturen min som er hentet fra filmen "American Beauty).

[nostalgia]

Jeg har samlet sitater i en bok i årevis! Fin tråd, Nostalgica.

Åhhh - så hyggelig å finne en med samme sitat-hobby som meg!!

Takk for mange fine sitater!! Post gjerne flere!!

Her kommer noen flere fra min samling:

"Det er først og fremst gjennom kjærligheten man fatter det guddommelige."

~Johan Falkberget~

"Tro ikke frosten som senker en fred av sne i ditt hår. Alltid er det på jorden et sted tidlig vår. Tro ikke mørket når lyset går ned i skumringens fang. Alltid er det på jorden et sted soloppgang."

~André Bjerke~

"En dråpe sann kjærlighet er mer verd enn et helt hav av vitenskap."

~A.H. Francke~

"Å leve lykkelig til sine dagers ende kan man bare gjøre fra dag til dag."

~Margaret Bonnano~

"Følg alltid din innskytelse når det gjelder å glede andre."

~Hanna Winsnes~

"Det gjelder å ha mot til å være den man er. Og ikke miste motet fordi man er den man er."

~Salon Gahlin~

"Tro ikke at du er noe. Vær det!"

~Stein Mehren~

"Mot er den ypperste av alle menneskelige egenskaper, fordi det er den egenskap som garanterer alle de andre."

~Winston Churchill~

"Vær alltid den du er! I vind er en flintskalle bedre enn en parykk!"

~Ukjent~

"Livsvisdom består blant annet i kunsten å forkaste det uvesentlige."

~Lin Yutang~

"Å våge er å miste fotfeste for en stund.

Å ikke våge er å miste seg selv."

~Søren Kierkegaard~

"Dette er det vanskeligste av alt: å være seg sjøl - og synes at det duger."

~Hans Børli~

"La verken mennesker eller hendelser ta livsmotet fra deg."

~Marie Curie~

"Andres øyne våre fengsler; deres tanker våre bur."

~Virginia Woolf~

"Hva jeg ville ha gjort annerledes hvis jeg fikk leve livet mitt om igjen?

Da ville jeg hatt midtskill."

~Kjell Aukrust~

"Våre liv er det tankene våre gjør det til."

~Marcus Aurelius~

"Forandring er sjelden en fornøyelse."

~Max Beerbohn~

[nostalgia]

"Mennesket kan handle klokt på tre måter; Ved ettertanke, det er den

eldste, ved å etterape, det er den letteste, og ved erfaring, det er den

bitreste."

~Kung-fu-tse~

"Det er ingen liten kunst å sove, for å mestre den må man være våken hele dagen."

~Nietzsche~

"Det er ikke moral å gjøre noe fordi det er moral."

~Piet Hein~

"Kjærlighetens port er vanskelig å åpne og vanskelig å stenge."

~Kinesisk Ordtak~

"Det er en merkelig tilfeldighet at ordet ærlighet utgjør en vesentlig

del av ordet kjærlighet."

~Ruben~

"En virkelig elsker av rettferdigheten må, hvis han vil overleve, holde

seg utenfor politikk."

~Sokrates~

"Håpet er den våkne manns drøm."

~Aristoteles~

"En må stå for noe, eller så ramler man for ingenting."

~H. Bjellaasnes, Banksjef~

"Krev ikke for høye renter av lykken."

~Camilla Collet~

"Menneskets sinn er som en fallskjerm - det virker bare når det er åpent."

~Charlie Chan~

"En blind mann vil ikke takke deg for en kikkert."

~Thomas Füller~

"Må aftenen tilgi dagen dens feiltrinn og således vinne fred."

~Tagore~

[nostalgia]

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

~Martin Luther King~

"Den kjærlighet som ikke er galskap, er ingen kjærlighet."

~P. Calderon~

"Kjærlighet er en bedre lærer enn noen filosof."

~Anaxandrides~

"Den som flykter for kjærligheten, er like tåpelig som den som søker den

altfor ivrig."

~Eurifrides~

"Ikke å miste tålmodet selv når det virker umulig, det er tålmod."

~Japansk ordtak~

"Nesten alt du gjør, vil vise seg å være uvesentlig, men det er svært viktig

at du gjør det."

~Mohandeas K. Gandhi~

"Det er ikke fordi tingene er vanskelig at vi ikke våger. Det er fordi vi

ikke våger at de er vanskelige."

~Seneca~

"Den som har en god venn, trenger ikke noe speil."

~Indisk ordspråk~

"Når et hode og en bok støter sammen med en hul lyd, er det ikke nødvendigvis

boken som er hul."

~Arthur Scopenhauer~

"Prøven på ens karakter ligger i hva man ville gjøre hvis man visste at det

aldri ville bli oppdaget."

~Macaulay~

"Moralsk ansvar er en sak for individet, ikke for samfunnet."

~Rose og Milton Friedman~

"Kjærlighetsløse dager, de er de aller vondeste. Da går noe i meg av hengslene."

~Karsten Isachsen~

"Livet har lært oss at kjærlighet ikke består i å stirre på hverandre, men sammen å se i samme retning."

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry~

"Elsk når jeg fortjener det minst, for da behøver jeg det mest."

~Ukjent~

"Et menneskets karakter bestemmes mer av de erfaringer det mangler enn av dem det har hatt."

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

"Man har et standpunkt til man tar et nytt."

~Jens Otto Krag~

"Få mennesker har styrke nok til å kunne prise en venns fremgang - uten misunnelse."

~Aischylos~

"En sann venn taler vel om oss, og forsvarer oss når vi er fraværende."

~Blaise Pascal~

"Alderdommen er ikke så ille når vi tenker på alternativet."

~Maurice Chevalier~

"Minst en gang om dagen bør vi høre en liten sang, lese et godt dikt, se et

vakkert bilde, og - om mulig - si et par fornuftige ord."

~Goethe~

"Ingenting er mer rettferdig fordelt enn den sunne fornuft - det finnes ikke

noen som synes at de trenger mer av den enn de allerede har."

~Descartes~

"Frykten for å bli elsket handler om frykten for å bli avviset."

~Karsten Isachsen~

"Noen mennesker tror, når de hører et ekko, at det er de som har skapt lyden."

~Ernst Hemingway~

"Fotografiapparatet kan ikke konkurrere med pensel og palett så lenge det

ikke kan benyttes i himmel og helvete."

~Edward Munch~

"Lykken er det største et menneske kan oppnå, det er hele personlighetens

reaksjon på en produktiv holdning til seg selv og sine medmennesker."

~Erick Fromm~

"Ikke noe menneske er lykkelig hvis det ikke selv tror det er det."

~Publius Syrus, 50 f.kr~

Sannheten venter tålmodig på den som kommer forbi.

~Nobelprisvinner, 1986, Dr.Herschbach~

"Sannheten blir trodd, bare den forstås."

~William Blake~

"Selv en vei på tusen mil begynner med et skritt."

~Japansk ordtak~

"Kontroller følelsene dine, ellers vil de kontrollere deg."

~Kinesisk ordtak~

"Når du leter etter det, finner du det aldri."

~Zen ordtak~

"Tålmodighet, et menneskes mest uunværlige egenskap."

~Kway Kootsu~

"En mann som har nådd mesterstadiet i en kunst viser det i alt han gjør."

~Samurai ordtak~

"Ingenting er umulig for en som er positiv."

~Han Dynastiet~

"Sjanse er ord uten mening, ingenting kan forekomme uten årsak."

~Voltaire~

"Gud kunne ikke være overalt, derfor skapte han mødre."

~Jødisk ordtak~

"Jeg ser det, og jeg glemmer det.

Jeg hører det, og jeg husker det.

Jeg gjør det, og jeg forstår det."

~Kinesisk ordtak~

"Hvis du ikke bestemmer deg for neste skritt, blir du stående hele livet på et ben."

~Kinesisk ordspråk~

"Si aldri "nei" av stolthet eller "ja" av svakhet."

~Spansk ordspråk~

Endret 17. november 2005 av nostalgia

[Donnie Darko]

!I admire the spiritual force of evil

A pure supreme instinction in survival

Never underestimate the powers of hatred

When the blackness is overwhelming!"

-Daemon

"Life is deceiving while death is revealing

The mystic forces in the soul

Mind is receiving the certain dark feeling

The murderous sources of the ghoul

Life is the enemy while death is the sacred key

To absent sights that recall

Dimensional tyranny enslavement in cruelty

In darkness one float or one fall"

-Daemon

[nostalgia]

"If I could, I'd comb the sky

and collect the stars,

quickly pile them into a basket

until it overflowed with silvery light.

And then I'd give the basket to you,

because all things precious

and beautiful should be yours today."

~Author Unknown~

"Two men look out through the same bars:

One sees the mud, and one the stars."

~Fredrick Langbridge~

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference."

(From "The Road Not Taken")

~Robert Frost~

"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or

catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it

becomes a wing, a torch, a promise.

I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as

seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom,

goes on as fruit."

~Dawna Markova~

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.

Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.

Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.

Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.

One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow,

or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want,

more than all the world, your return."

~Mary Jean Iron~

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is bliss, taste it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it."

~Mother Teresa~

"After awhile you learn the subtle difference between

holding a hand and chaining a soul.

And you learn that love doesn't mean possession

and company doesn't mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept

your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead

with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build your roads today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans

and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.

After awhile you learn that even sunshine

burns if you get too much so you plant your

own garden and decorate your own soul

instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure.

That you really are strong

and you really do have worth

and you learn

and you learn..."

~Veronica A. Shoffstall~

"Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace."

~Amelia Earhart~

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

~Anais Nin~

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.""

~Dorothy Bernard~

"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do.

There can be no courage unless you're scared."

~Eddie Rickenbacker~

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

~Harold Wilson~

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."

~Mark Twain~

~~~~~~~ Invictus ~~~~~~~

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be,

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have winced but not cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance,

My head is bloodied but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears,

Looms but the horror of the shade.

And yet the menace of the years,

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

~William Earnest Henley~

Endret 18. november 2005 av nostalgia

[Donnie Darko]

"Beauty is fragile, and time eats at it,

this passion play.

Smothered in effort, The thrash of naked limbs"

"Make yourself all honey and the flies will devour you"

Aaron Stainthorpe.

[Gjest TomKrus]

"If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such" Homer Jay Simpson.

[Donnie Darko]

"If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such" Homer Jay Simpson.

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haha! Denne tråden burde egentlig bare vært fyllt opp med Homer sitater! Keep 'em coming!

[Donnie Darko]

Homer: Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel

[Gjest TomKrus]

Internet. Do they have that on computers now?

Do i know what rhetorical means?

Endret 18. november 2005 av TomKrus

[Donnie Darko]

"If The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement."

"You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity"

"A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. 6 feet tall, 300 pounds ... it makes ice."

Homer Simpson.

[Milo Minderbinder]

"Det du vet om, kan du gjøre noe med. Det du ikke vet om, gjør noe med deg"

Konfusius (hva slags fyr var nå han??? satt han ved kjøkkenbordet og liret av seg slike ting?? Skrekkelig menneske!!!)

Livet leves fremlengs, men oppleves baklengs.

Kierkegaard

[nostalgia]

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on."

~Woody Allen~

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

~Woody Allen~

"Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it."

~Woody Allen~

"His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy."

~Woody Allen~

"How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?"

~Woody Allen~

"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?"

~Woody Allen~

"I am at two with nature."

~Woody Allen~

"I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland."

~Woody Allen~

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying."

~Woody Allen~

"I tended to place my wife under a pedestal."

~Woody Allen~

"I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."

~Woody Allen~

"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me."

~Woody Allen~

"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."

~Woody Allen~

"If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever."

~Woody Allen~

"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank."

~Woody Allen~

"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things."

~Woody Allen~

"It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune."

~Woody Allen~

"It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off."

~Woody Allen~

"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more."

~Woody Allen~

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable."

~Woody Allen~

"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon."

~Woody Allen~

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

~Woody Allen~

Endret 18. november 2005 av nostalgia

[nostalgia]

"Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun.

Birthdays are good for you: the more you have the longer you live.

How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on.

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.

If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing in the store is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors ...but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. "

~Author Unknown~

[nostalgia]

Hei,hvor samler dere alle sitatene?i en bok eller?har lyst å begynne å samle jeg og nå

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Hei!

Jeg samler i en windows notisblokk - du finner den under Start menyen på PC'en din (Start -> Notisblokk) så bare lagrer du etter du har skrevet inn nye sitater, og da er det også mye enklere og kopiere og lime inn de du liker som du finner på nettet

Ellers, takk for mange nye, fine sitater - artig å se at det er så mange som er glade i sitater

Anette

[nostalgia]

"There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go."

~Tennessee Williams~

"I just hope to sleep

And never awaken

Nothing left in this world

Could replace what you have taken...."

~Sandy Cheney~

"Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable

things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person,

the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."

~Oliver Wendell Holmes~

"Good friends must not always be together;

It is the feeling of oneness when distant That proves a lasting friendship."

~Susan P. Schultz~

"The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love."

~Hubert Humprey Frederick Tsoukas~

"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short."

~Andre Maurois~

"The hottest love has the coldest end."

~Socrates~

"I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them

together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new.

What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at

its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived."

~Margaret Mitchell~

"Better never to have met you in my dream

than to wake and reach for hands that are not there."

~Otomo No Yakamochi~

"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated,

it will flow back and soften and purify the heart."

~Washington Irving~

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."

~Kahlil Gibran~

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough."

~Terra-10 years old~

"A Kiss that's never tasted

Is forever and ever wasted."

~Billie Holiday~

"I wasn't kissing her I was whispering in her mouth."

~Chico Maroc~

"Do it trembling if you must

but do it."

~Unknown Author~

"Hearts live by being wounded."

~Oscar Wilde~

"Without love, what are we worth? Eighty-nine cents!

Eighty-nine cents worth of chemicals walking around lonely."

~From the TV series M*A*S*H~

"I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left.

I lived a few weeks while you loved me."

~From the movie IN A LONELY PLACE~

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold.

We appreciate light because we have been in darkness.

By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness."

~David Weatherford~

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched

- they must be felt with the heart."

~Helen Keller~

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength;

loving someone deeply gives you courage."

~Lao Tzu~

"What a grand thing, to be loved!

What a grander thing still, to love!"

~Victor Hugo~

"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain."

~William Shakespeare~

"If you have it [love],

you don't need to have anything else.

If you don't have it,

it doesn't matter much what else you do have."

~Sir James M. Barrie~

"Who knows where the road will lead us

Only a fool would say,

But if you let me love you

I'm sure to love you all the way."

~From the song "All The Way"

by Frank Sinatra~

"We all want to fall in love. Why?

Because that experience makes us feel completely alive,

where every sense is heightened,

and every emotion is magnified.

Our everyday reality is shattered

and we are flung into the heavens.

It may only last a moment, an hour, or an afternoon,

but that doesn't diminish its value,

because we are left with memories

that we treasure for the rest of our lives."

~From the movie "The Mirror Has Two Faces" -

starring Barbara Streisand~

"A friend is someone we turn to

when our spirits need a lift.

A friend is someone we treasure

for our friendship is a gift.

A friend is someone who fills our lives

with beauty, joy, and grace.

And makes the whole world we live in

a better and happier place."

~Jean Kyler McManus~

"I believe in angels,

The kind that heaven sends,

I am surrounded by angels,

But I call them friends."

~Aizabel Parinas~

"Standing by,

All the way.

Here to help you through your day.

Holding you up,

When you are weak,

Helping you find what it is you seek.

Catching your tears,

When you cry.

Pulling you through when the tide is high.

Just being there,

Through thick and thin,

All just to say, you are my friend."

~Brittani Kokko~

"Friendship is like the breeze,

You can't hold it,

Smell it,

Taste it,

Or know when it's coming,

But you can always feel it,

And you'll always know it's there,

It may come and then go,

But you can know it'll always be back."

~Terri Fanning~

"There's nothing as nice as someone who shares,

your laughter, your secrets, your wishes and cares,

someone who's there through your good times and tears,

who stays by your side as your friend through the years."

~Autymn Skillings~

"You have two birth-places.

You have the place where you were really born

and then you have a place of predilection where

you really wake up to reality."

~Lawrence Durrell - "Blue Thirst."~

"I held a jewel in my fingers

And went to sleep

The day was warm, and winds were prosy

I said, "Twill keep".

I woke - and chide my honest fingers,

The Gem was gone

And now, an Amethyst remembrance

Is all I own."

~Emily Dickinson~

"HEART, we will forget him!

You and I, to-night!

You may forget the warmth he gave,

I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me,

That I my thoughts may dim;

Haste! lest while you’re lagging,

I may remember him!"

~Emily Dickinson~

"IF I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain."

~Emily Dickinson~

"I STEPPED from plank to plank

So slow and cautiously;

The stars about my head I felt,

About my feet the sea.

I knew not but the next

Would be my final inch,—

This gave me that precarious gait

Some call experience."

~Emily Dickinson~