Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

They would twirl the emotional kaleidoscope until it gave them a picture that was comfortable.

From Washington Post article How the Brain Helps Partisans Admit No Gray by Shankar Vedantam on 31 July 2006, quoting Emory University psychologist Drew Westen [via, source]

Playlist pieces

Hours pass, and she still counts the minutes that I am not there..
I swear I didn’t mean for it to feel like this—like every inch of me is bruised

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you should never say never, cuz I sow what you reap

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Excuse me, are you lost? Perhaps you would care to visit the site map

if you tame me, we’ll need each other. You’ll be the only boy in the world for me. I’ll be the only fox in the world for you…

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery - The Little Prince 12Aug07 #link quotes

all we have is who we are, and where we’ve been got us this far

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Charlotte Martin - Redeemed 6Aug07 #link lyrics

Where do you want to go? was his response. I don’t know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn’t matter.

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Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland 29Jul07 #link quotes

George Will hates us, we must be alright.

TN 16Jul07 #link ridiculi

and fish is delicious

seamus 14Jul07 #link ridiculi

“it’s the people in our lives that provide us the balance to help us make it through.”

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Kyle - KyleXY 13Jul07 #link quotes

“Being someone’s friend isn’t about what you should have done. It’s about what you do.”

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Amanda - KyleXY 13Jul07 #link quotes

“it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”

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Albus Dumbledore (J.K. Rowling) 11Jul07 #link quotes

“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

Albus Dumbledore (J.K. Rowling) 1 comment 11Jul07 #link quotes

“better to be inside affecting conversation and process, then[sic.] outside looking in”

MC 1 comment 11Jul07 #link quotes

And and. Not either or.

D 9Jul07 #link quotes

I have a resilient tushy.

anonymous 7Jul07 #link ridiculi

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 1 comment 3Jul07 #link quotes

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Anais Nin 3Jul07 #link quotes

instead of epic items, I save something I love

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you get better at it — if you pay attention

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foobar is my precious

Jon 14Jun07 #link ridiculi

“Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date.”

Foreman - House, MD. season 3, ep.14 30May07 #link quotes

“Doing things — changes things.
Not doing things — leaves things exactly as they were.”

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House - House, MD. season 3, ep.12 1 comment 30May07 #link quotes

If living is giving, I’m ready, I’m willing.

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Ben Lee - I'm willing 1 comment 25May07 #link lyrics
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