Quotes and Poems for Life

“Women and men have to fight together to change society – and both will benefit… Partnership, not dependence, is the real romance in marriage.”

“Blaze with the fire that is never extinguished.”

“Things don’t fall apart. Things hold. Lines connect in thin ways that last and last and lives become generations made out of pictures and words just kept.”

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”

“Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

“That’s the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.”

“The ability to see beauty is the beginning of our moral sensibility. What we believe is beautiful we will not wantonly destroy.”

“One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.”

“[Addiction’s] not about placating the bad dog – it’s about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn’t bring you up on charges.”