Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
- Robert Anton Wilson

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
-Helen Keller

"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." - Unknown

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales - Byron J. Langenfeld

"I love you and I hate you... it's like I want to throw you off a cliff.... then rush to the bottom to catch you." -- Unknown

Yeah... I love that quote.  So true... so true.

Agreed. In my case, it applies to a number of people..

  Or you can't spell worth beans!

"It's amazing how one minute you can't imagine living your life without someone and then the next second you find yourself doing exactly that."

"No one can promise that they'll never hurt you because at one time or another, it will happen. The real promise is if the time you spent together will be worth the pain."

"I'd like to stay a secret, like walking in the dark, if no one knows
you, no one cares, so no one breaks your heart." <-- This used to be one of my favorites because it was totally me.

"Even if our eyes never meet again you will always be in my thoughts. Whenever a breeze brushes by me and I smile for no reason at all, its because once someone taught me how to... And for that I thank you. "

"The one who loves least controls the relationship."

*I'll make my way across the frozen sea, beyond the blank horizon,
when I can forget "you and me" and get a decent night's sleep. *

"Somehow the conversation mentioned your name and someone asked if I knew you. Looking away
I had a thought of all the times we had together, sharing laughter, tears, jokes and tons more...and
then, without explanation you were gone. I looked to where they were waiting for an answer and
said softly, 'Once I thought I did'"

"If someone doesn't treat you right, or hold you tight, or keep promises, and breaks your heart, just
believe that they did not deserve you anyway. There will be more people who come into your life and
make you special so don't obsess about the one who walked out, and don't close your eyes. Because
if you close them, you might miss the 'one' who might have made everything right."

"I really think there's a reason that I like him so much. Like, something is telling me not to let him go.
Every time I follow my heart, it leads me to him. I mean, what other explanation is there? Why is it
that he is all I can think about? Why is it that no matter how upset I am, I see him and I can't help
but smile? Why is it that when he smiles at me I get that feeling in my stomach? And even when he'd
broken my heart, and hurt me as much as anyone could ever hurt me...when he lied to me, and I
hated him, why did I still feel those same feelings? Answer me that, and then I'll tell you why I let
him hurt me so much."

"You're not number one to me. Being number one means there is a two and a three. You are the
ONLY one..."

"You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip."

"I miss you a little, I guess you could say...a little too much, a little too often, a little more everyday..."

"I’m sure you think you love me, that no one else can compare, but with me what you see isn’t what you get. I’m what’s left of a heart broken one to many times, with a cover that’s hard as steel, and the ability to make everybody think I’m ok. Toss in the fact I cry tears cold as ice and cover every inch of my depression with an attitude that appears no one could ever hurt. Well that’s me, the girl that can make everything seem great when her world is falling down, when it’s been down for a long time. The one person in the world that is stupid enough to put up with everyone else’s crap cause she’s too tired to tell them what they can really do. So sure, you think you love me, think that all you want, but the person you say you fell in love with isn’t me…it’s been like this so long I’ve almost forgotten who the real me even is…" <-- Not so long ago, this was me too.



Heh... yeah.... I've got quite a collection like this.

What can I say... I've had need of them in the past. 

For some reason, reading this type of thing always makes me feel a little better when my heart is hurting.

(Wow, did I just admit I have a heart?  Nah... couldn't be.)

Penthesilea wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 2:46am:




Ouch.

"The only people with whom you should try to get even
are those who have helped you." - Unknown

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." -- Unknown

"The hardest thing about growing up is that you have to do what's right for you even if it means breaking someone's heart...including your own."

"I am not what I ought to be,
Not what I want to be,
Not what I am going to be,
But I am thankful that
I am better than I used to be."


"Never long for anyone from your past. There is a reason why they never made it to your future."

"No prayer goes unanswered, it's just that sometimes the answer is no."

"Calling it a simple school girl crush was like saying a Rolls Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay wagon. She did not giggle wildly and blush when she saw him, nor did she chalk his name on trees or write it on the walls of the kissing bridge. She simply lived with his face in her heart all of the time, a kind of sweet, hurtful ache. She would have died for him...."

"And even though I can say it's his loss, I know deep down inside, it's mine too..."

"Staying angry with you is how I protect myself from you. Refusing to forgive you is not only how I punish you; it is also how I keep you from getting close enough to hurt me again, and nine out of ten times it works-only there is a serious side effect. It is called bitterness, and it can do terrible things to the human body and soul."

"No matter how much you might think you're alone, there is always someone, somewhere, going through a greater, much more severe pain than you."

“The scariest place in the world is the inside of your own head. The bravest thing a man can do is examine the dark corners of his own soul.”
Anonymous

“Negative self-judgment kills the body.” Lynn Grabhorn The Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting. Playbook

“When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.”
George Bernard Shaw Getting Married

We cannot consciously begin to alter the framework of our lives until we realize that we alone have formed it.  Ramtha quoted by Lynn Grabhorn The Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting. Playbook