“What I want to know is how you go on when you look around
and don’t see anywhere you want to go without the only person
you can’t have.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
and don’t see anywhere you want to go without the only person
you can’t have.”
― You're Doing Just Fine
“but when I see those lovely old boxcars with their faded painted lettering and those flat cars and those fat round tankers all lined up and waiting I get quiet inside I get what other men get from other things I just feel better and it’s good to feel better whenever you can not needing a reason.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“Everywhere, Everywhere"
amazing, how grimly we hold onto our
misery,
ever defensive, thwarted by
the forces.
amazing, the energy we burn
fueling our anger.
amazing, how one moment we can be
snarling like a beast, then
a few moments later,
forgetting what or
why.
not hours of this or days or
months or years of this
but decades,
lifetimes
completely use up,
given over
to the prettiest
rancor and
hatred.
finally
there is nothing here for death to
take
away.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
amazing, how grimly we hold onto our
misery,
ever defensive, thwarted by
the forces.
amazing, the energy we burn
fueling our anger.
amazing, how one moment we can be
snarling like a beast, then
a few moments later,
forgetting what or
why.
not hours of this or days or
months or years of this
but decades,
lifetimes
completely use up,
given over
to the prettiest
rancor and
hatred.
finally
there is nothing here for death to
take
away.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.”
―
―
“if only we were crazy enough to be willing to ignore our mechanical and static perceptions we’d know that a half-filled coffee cup holds more secrets than, say, the Grand Canyon.”
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
― What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
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