caged

"you can't defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you"

-seth adam smith

ruins

"everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings..."

- simona panova

measure

"for all the compasses in the world, there's only one direction,

and time is its only measure"

-tom stoppard

tears of a clown

"the tears of a clown when there's no one around"

-the miracles

jump

"those who don't jump will never fly"

-leena ahmad almashat

religion

"we have just enough religion to make us hate but

not enough to make us love each other"

-jonathan swift

keep on floating

"as they expect to see you drowning, keep on floating"

-gift gugu mona

when dreams dry up

"the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust.  hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up"

-karen hesse

bear

"bear the ills of life without being bitter"

-lailah gifty akita

death

"i'm not afraid of death; i just don't want to be

there when it happens"

-woody allen

with you

"it's great to just be here with you,

watching the world go by"

-zadie smith

discover

"twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  so throw off the bowlines.  sail away from the safe harbor...explore. dream. discover"

-h. jackson brown jr.

find yourself

"you've got to find yourself first.

everything else'll follow"

-charles de lint

the clown

"the clown may be the source of mirth, but- who shall

make the clown laugh?"

-angela carter

distress

"i don't damsel well.  distress, i can do.  damseling? not so much."

-james patterson