“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”
― Robert Frost
Month: March 2016
Coco Chanel
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
― Coco Chanel
Oscar Wilde
“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.”
― Oscar Wilde
Pablo Neruda
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”
― Pablo Neruda
Margaret Atwood
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Margaret Atwood, Bluebeard’s Egg
Oscar Wilde
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”
― Oscar Wilde
Pressure
Pressure building upon my life
Though I’m still only a piece of coal
Disappointment looming larger than ever
Who’s casting lots for my damaged soul?
Lewis Carroll
“The time has come, my little friends, to talk of other things
Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings
And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings
Calloo, Callay, come run away / With the cabbages and kings”
– The Walrus
John Quincy Adams
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.- John Quincy Adams
I Didn’t Feel A Thing
I didn’t feel a thing
Amputation of the soul
But it’s just my heart
Coco Chanel
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
― Coco Chanel
Your Fraternity Brother Picked A Fight
Your fraternity brother picked a fight
I’m sorry I laughed at your cool guy club
But your dude made the wrong choice
& now you have to deal with the heathens down at the pub
Rita May-Brown
“I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.”
― Rita Mae Brown
Nelson Mandela
“It always seems impossible until its done.” – Nelson Mandela
Never Smart Enough
Never smart enough to succeed
My numb fingers worked to the bone
Dreams of providing a good life
But I need another path to be shown
Captain Q 