"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less ( Read more... )

It doesn't feel like Christmas anymore.

Everyday, when I read the news, I get angry, sad, and worried. THIS is the world our parents are giving us?

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"The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less ( Read more... )

"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you, and how fabulous you really looked. You're not as fat as you ( Read more... )

"Some days go by, I wish I were famous,
Or maybe religious, so I could go to heaven,
Just like you.
I can have a big house, complain about taxes,
Payoff my ex's, ain't that living?
No one makes fun of me, 'cause I can't stand up for myself."

"I want to see streets I don't recognize. I want to see people I've never seen before. I want everything to be new. I hate anything familiar, I hate what I see everyday through these eyes. I loathe it, anywhere else is wonderful to me, no matter how soiled, simply because it is not here. That's all I crave: somewhere that is not here. If only to ( Read more... )