[…] the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’
— Jack Kerouac
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On ne se console pas des chagrins, on s’en distrait.
— Stendhal
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
—
Voltaire
Do you think it’s possible being mad both ways… in the same time?
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Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are.
— Frank Sinatra
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Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
—
John Lennon
So let stop making plans…
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if we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.
— Leo Tolstoy, War and peace
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The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
— Sir Thomas Beecham (29 April 1879 – 8 March 1961), British conductor and impresario
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We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
— E.E Cummings - US poet (1894 - 1962)
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Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.
—
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Don’t know who the hell is Dr. Joyce Brothers. Just wonder how we’ve been manipulated yesterday…
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I Am An Emotional Creature
Cherish your solitude
Take trains by yourself
To places you have never been
Sleep alone out under the stars
Learn how to drive stick shift
Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back
Say no when you don’t want something
Say yes when your instincts are strong
Even if everyone around you disagrees
Decide whether you want to be liked or admired
It’s easier to be mean than smarter
Decide if fitting in is more important
Than finding out what you’re doing here
Believe in kissing
Fight for tenderness
Care as much as you do
Cry as much as you want
Insist the world be better
Ask yourself these questions:
Why am I whispering when I have something to say?
Why am I apologizing every time I express my needs?
Pretending it doesn’t mean that much to me?
Why am I waiting?
Pining?
Fitting in?
You know the truth:
Sometimes it does hurt that much
But you can still feel love
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- Eve Ensler (American playwright, performer, feminist and activist, best known for her play The Vagina Monologues)
Strange how that words, from the creator of the V-Day, the global movement to stop violence against women and girls, and targeted to women, ring a bell. certainly true for men too…
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