"When journeying down the long dark road, we must continue on and never give up faith we'll one day reach our destination - no matter how ugly that road appears before the naked eye."

-Reed Murphy

" 'Panem and circenses' translates into 'bread and circuses'.  The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.``

Did you want to see me broken ( Read more... )

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

-Emily Dickinson

“Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for what it is and it will stop; then you will wake up to reality. Understand your false beliefs and they will drop; then you will know the taste of happiness”
-Anthony De Mello

"That becomes the revolution, to be idealistic enough that you think you can change the world, and what you find is you can't change anything but yourself."
- Marilyn Manson

"My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. 'Why don't you have a straight job like everyone else?' they asked me the other day. I told them this ( Read more... )

The
first cry of a newborn baby in Chicago or Zamboango, in Amsterdam or
Rangoon, has the same pitch and key, each saying, “I am! I have come
through! I belong! I am a member of the Family.”
When you look at
these images you see that the wonder of human mind, heart, wit and
instinct, is here. You might catch yourself saying, “I’m not a stranger
here.” ( Read more... )

"Never confuse faith, or belief - of any kind - with something even remotely intellectual."
- John Irving

"Religious freedom should work two ways: we should be free to practice the religion of our choice, but we must also be free from having someone else's religion practiced on us."
- John Irving

"I think, fundamentally, music is something inherently ( Read more... )

"It's three a.m. The emergency room psychiatrist looks up with eyes paid to care and asks me if I see people who aren't really there. I say I see people, how the hell am I supposed to know if they're "really there" or not? He doesn't laugh, neither do I. The math's not on my side; ten stitches, one lie: I swear I wasn't trying to die, I just wanted ( Read more... )

"Oh I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day" ~ Nadine Stair, age 85