I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic
and she said yes
I asked her if it was okay to be short
and she said it sure is
I asked her if I could wear nail polish
or not wear nail polish
and she said honey
she calls me that sometimes
she said you can do just exactly
what you want to
Thanks God I said
And is it even okay if I don’t paragraph
my letters
Sweetcakes God said
who knows where she picked that up
what I’m telling you is
Yes Yes Yes
“Those who ignore the existence of the universe, also ignore where they themselves exist. Those who ignore the purpose of the universe, also ignore who they are and what the world is. Those who neglect even only one of these issues, wouldn’t even be able to say for what purpose they themselves were born.
What do you think, then, of those who flee and seek the praise of those who applaud without knowing where they themselves are or who they are?”
Transl. by Small Circle Big Circle
“Chi ignora l’esistenza dell’universo, ignora anche dove sia egli stesso. Chi ignora per quale fine esista l’universo, ignora anche chi egli stesso sia, come pure che cosa il mondo sia. Chi trascura uno solo di questi problemi, non saprebbe neppure dire per quale fine egli stesso sia nato.
Che te ne pare, quindi, di chi fugge o ricerca la lode di coloro che applaudono senza sapere né dove siano né chi siano?”
Da Meditazioni di Marco Aurelio, Libro VIII.52, a cura di Maristella Ceva
“Scava dentro di te; dentro e’ la fonte del bene, e può zampillare inesauribile, se continuerai a scavare.”
Da Pensieri di Marco Aurelio (a cura di M. Ceva per Mondadori).
“Dig within yourself; within is the source of goodness, and it can spring endlessly, if you will continue to dig.”
Liberally translated by smallcirclebigcircle
“Ama solo ciò che ti accade e che forma la trama della tua vita. Che cosa potresti mai trovare di più appropriato?”
Da Pensieri, di Marco Aurelio, (a cura di M. Ceva per Mondadori)
“Love only what happens to you and forms the fabric of your life. What else could you find more appropriate?”
(Liberally translated by Smallcirclebigcircle)
“There are two ways of looking at things. One is simply looking at them, whereas the other involves considering them attentively. Merely to see is nothing else than receiving into the eye the form or likeness of the object that is looked at; but to consider a thing is more like this: it is to seek with special diligence after the means of knowing this object thoroughly.”
~ Nicolas Poussin
“Non devi capire! Guai a capire! Che faresti dopo? Tu devi solo ascoltare: solo sentirle, quelle voci e augurarti che non si stanchino mai di chiamarti.”
Dal film di Federico Fellini “La Voce della luna”
“ You must not understand! Woe to anyone who tries to understand! What would you do after? You must only listen: only listen to them, to those voices, and hope that they will never get tired to call on you.”
From Federico Fellini’s movie La voce della luna.
“Do not follow rules and principles, but paint what you see and feel. Paint boldly and without hesitation, because it is important to get your first impressions down. And do not be shy of nature! You must be bold , even at the risk of going wrong and making mistakes. There is only one teacher: nature ….”
-Camille Piasarro
“I have been bent and broken, but, I hope into a better shape.”
From Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
If we never meet again
I’ll have a rose to remember
The snows of December
Will bring you back to me
If we never meet again
I’ll fall asleep in the flowers
Dream of the hours
We spent in ecstasy
The leaves in the fall
Will wreak of the beauty
I found in your eyes
The birds in the spring
When they sing
Will tell me that love never dies
If we never meet again
As sure as heaven above you
Forever I’ll love you
If we never meet again
The leaves in the fall
Will wreak of the beauty
I found in your eyes
The birds in the spring
When they sing
Will tell me that love never dies
If we never meet again
As sure as heaven above you
Forever I’ll love you
If we never meet again
If we never meet again by Tony Bennett and k.d. lang
Staring at the sun
I just knew:
The sound of soul breathes with you.
Not all who wander are lost.
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