i've got my doubts . . .
dont get me wrong.
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars - oscar wilde
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every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isnt original sin. he's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. that he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. he has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. a lot of people don't have the courage to do it. - helen hayes / the visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others - nietzche / learning withought though is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous - confucius / years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say... 'in this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' well, for years i was smart. i recommend pleasant. and you may quote me. - harvey / speak your mind, even if your voice shakes - maggie kuhn / develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people.forget yourself. - henry miller / they understood love, and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them - the virgin suicides / it belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured - tacitus / i like hearing myself talk, it is one of my greatest pleasures. i often have long conversations with myself and i am so clever that sometimes i don't understand a word of what i'm saying. - oscar wilde / deep in the struggle, i have found the beauty of me. / hell is other people - jean paul sartre
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