Quote #2297 from The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Sat, 2009-08-01 20:25 — GabrielleLike most of the others I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top.
At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles- a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other- that kept me going.
Quote #2147 from Self-Conclusion by The Spill Canvas
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:31 — GabrielleFade in, start the scene
Enter beautiful girl
But things are not what they seem
As we stand at the edge of the world"Excuse me, sir,
But I have plans to die tonight
Oh, and you are directly in my way
And I bet you're gonna say it's not right"
My reply:
"Excuse me, miss
But do you have the slightest clue
Of exactly what you just said to me
And exactly who you're talking to?"She said, "I don't care, you don't even know me"
I said, "I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully"
Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion
Of self conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets"You make it sound so easy to be alive
But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day
When everything inside me has died?"
My reply:
"Trust me, girl
I know your legs are pleading to leap
But I offer you this easy choice-
Instead of dying, living with me"She said, "Are you crazy? Read more »
Quote #2068 from Firesong by Sylvia Plath
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:30 — Gabriellebrave love, dream
not of staunching such strict flame, but come,
lean to my wound; burn on, burn on.
Quote #1886 from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:30 — Gabrielle'Then why are you going there?'
'Because I haven't tried it before. That's all there is left to try. It's somewhere to go. Just to keep moving... You know,' he added suddenly, 'I don't think it will be any use. But there's nothing to do in the East except sit under some hedge and wait to die. I don't think I mind it much now, the dying. I know it would be a lot easier. Only I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.'
Quote #1195 from Soldier by Eminem
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleI'm a soldier, these shoulders hold up so much
They won't budge, I'll never fall or fold up
I'm a soldier, even if my collar bones crush
or crumble, I will never slip or stumble.
Quote #1171 from The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleWe live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep. It's as simple and ordinary as that. A few jump out windows, or drown themselves, or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us are slowly devoured by some disease, or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) know these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so...There she is with another hour before her.
Quote #1098 by Ali Solenarian Van Dam
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleFight till you can fight no more, scream till you can scream no more, breathe till you can breathe no more. Then listen to your heartbeat in the darkness.
Quote #1061 from Too Late by Ayumi Hamasaki
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleThe world has started spinning backwards.
Only the acceleration has increased.
When you noticed, it was dark before your feet.
You were standing at the edge of a cliff.You can't pull back.
Even if you turn pale nothing will happen.With the light you've sharpened to the utmost,
you continue persistently even if the end of this path is
the end of the world.There's more to life
than money or honor.
You will forever pretend not to understand.
It's frightening to notice and get hurt.Your dream at that time, your wishes,
They were all granted, but...
Faster than everyone, you even pass the wind.
Higher than everyone, you even pierce the clouds.
Even if you live too quickly.
Quote #1044 from Pissing in the Gene Pool by Henry Rollins
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleScar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
Quote #989 from speech at Harrow School in Harrow, England (October 29, 1941) by Sir Winston Churchill as quoted in Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations
Thu, 2009-03-19 14:29 — GabrielleNever give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
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