John Casey > Quotes

“Am I inconsequential to it all, a random, forgettable moment in your delicate, pastel existence?”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“I’m grateful for the little things you do for me. Not to show that you love me, rather, because you love me.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“There is no requital for the revenant reverie of a thing we can never have.”
― John Casey

“Raw deal, wrong track, wrong song. Detest it all yet hold it close; there is esoteric comfort in deference for despair. When it is all you have, with no way out, love it darkly.”
― John Casey

“Sometimes, the easy thing comes cloaked in the guise of what is right.”
― John Casey

“Maybe you are amazing and beautiful. I just can't see it anymore.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Even when dreaming I'm falling so fast, then waking last-second, eyes wide. And feeling, after the terror has passed, a little emptier inside.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“We'll be consoled somehow, by the odd notion that it's the thought that counts.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Hoping, dreaming on I stray to her smile, a world away. Love unfulfilled, I rise and a world away, she cries.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Shock no thinking just decide. Rage from nowhere down inside. Sensing ruin, cannot tell, kill the threat or run like hell?”
― John Casey

“Sometimes it's better to beat a dead horse than to worry about whether or not it might recover.”
― John Casey, Devolution

“I will remember where the dark used to be. I remember what it looked like. What it felt like, what it did to me, what it did to others. And I will keep the light on.”
― John Casey

“Reflect on your thoughts, understand and learn from who you were yesterday. Then add that knowledge to who you are today. In this manner, you will be a more knowledgeable and spiritual person tomorrow. Then do it again tomorrow. And the next day…”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Avoid the inelegance of assumption, the astigmatism of disregard. Free your thoughts.”
― John Casey, Things of Little Consequence

“It is the present now and at noon yesterday, it was the present then. When noon tomorrow arrives, it will also be the present. The present is all there is.”
― John Casey, Devolution

“If you believe you have found yourself, keep searching. You are deeper than you think.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“I’m grateful for the little things you do for me. Not to show me you love me, rather, because you love me.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Sometimes, there is no why.”
― John Casey

“I just don't have time for all this worthless chatter. I'm apathetic, because it doesn't matter.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“Consider that what is seen, heard and felt is oftentimes a spurious variation of reality. It is in understanding each unique history of thought that leads up to those sights, those sounds and sentiments, that truth is revealed.”
― John Casey

“Portentous, uncertain, intoxicating. A leap of faith. It asked me if I wanted it, and of course, I said yes.”
― John Casey

“I find it all too easy to overlook the good things. I suppose this is common, but I don't wish to be common.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“A fool chooses nothing or all and ends up completely alone. The safe path is a coward's pall, only a weak man could condone”
― John Casey

“The past is apparition. The future, a shifting illusion. Time is a trick. This moment is all there is.”
― John Casey, Things of Little Consequence

“I'll carve a special little niche, safe from the perils of life, where I can make a place for hope. First, I'll need to find a knife.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a few words can paint a thousand pictures...”
― John Casey

“Your approach could be day by day and you may concede that you will decide to ignore your own plan at times. Because you are admittedly flawed. Human after all.”
― John Casey

“What is the meaning of life? To live.”
― John Casey

“A door appears as I tremble cold, receding portal of fading light. Frantically clawing to find a hold, but there's nothing left, and nothing right.”
― John Casey, Raw Thoughts

“It helps to treat time as it is—a continuum. That is to say, there is no such thing as the past. And likewise, no such thing as the future. ‘Past’ and ‘future’ are just monikers for concepts invented by man to simplify the processes and order of life. The truth is, time takes place continuously in the present.”
― John Casey, Devolution