Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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The love of books... |
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. ~ Thomas Carlyle
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Friday, October 13, 2006
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August in October |
August
by Dorothy Parker
When my eyes are weeds, And my lips are petals, spinning Down the wind that has beginning Where the crumpled beeches start In a fringe of salty reeds; When my arms are elder-bushes, And the rangy lilac pushes Upward, upward through my heart; Summer, do your worst! Light your tinsel moon, and call on Your performing stars to fall on Headlong through your paper sky; Nevermore shall I be cursed By a flushed and amorous slattern, With her dusty laces’ pattern Trailing, as she straggles by.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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To risk... |
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk being called sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self. To place your ideas and your dreams before them is to risk being called naive. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing. He [or she] may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he’s forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.
~ Dr. Leo Buscaglia
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Sunday, October 08, 2006
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Young Love |
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
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Angry Sea |
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I'm a writer and I love romance and great literature. I don't live on the beach, but that's where my heart resides. This journal will be my restful sanctuary, a place to post favorite poems, funny pictures, and beautiful art. I won't talk about my writing here, since I have another blog for that (http://menfreya.tblog.com)
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August in October
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Young Love
Angry Sea
Beautiful dancers
The Waste Land
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