lost

"some things were better lost than found"

- stephen king

who we really are

"we're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are"

-nenia campbell

rebellious

"humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature."

-tom robbins

jump

"i guess everyone has a bird urge when they look down heights, a desire to jump, without wing or buoyant sail. 

fear of heights is fear of a desire to jump."

- amruta patil

trapped

"we all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."

-tennessee williams

who am i?

"when i discover who i am, i'll be free."

-ralph ellison

searching

"whatever it takes to find the real you, don't be daunted if the rest of the world looks on in shock."

- stephen richards

metal heart

"it's damned if you don't and it's damned if you do

be true, 'cause they'll lock you up in a sad, sad zoo

oh, hiding, whatcha trying to prove?

by hiding

you're not worth a thing...

metal heart, you're not hiding

metal heart, you're not worth a thing"

-cat power

fragile

"what bound people together was so fragile"

- paul russell

playing small

"you are a child of God.  your playing small does not serve the world.  there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.  we are all meant to shine, as children do."

- marianne williamson

joyous

"to be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts"

- henry miller

into the forest

"and into the forest i go,

to lose my mind and find my soul."

-unknown

home of the gun

"america: land of the free and home of the gun.

we are not brave, we are cowards, or we would do something...instead we do nothing."

- jonathan heatt

dissolve

"i am in the mood to dissolve in the sky."

- virginia woolf

i talk to God

"i talk to God

but the sky is empty"

- slyvia plath

go your own way

"think outside the box,

collapse the box,

and take a fucking sharp knife to it."

-banksy

all the things that could go wrong

"children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All The Things That Could Go Wrong'."

-marianne williamson