bad reputation

"i don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

living in the past, it's a new generation

a girl can do what she wants to do

and that's what i'm gonna do"

-joan jett

like home

"you feel more like home to me than any place i've ever been"

-angela n. blount

walls

"her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high"

-william goldman

twins

"when twins are separated, their spirits steal

away to find the other"

-jandy nelson

forces of evil

"may the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house"

-george carlin

minding dolls

"dolls with no little girls around to mind them

were sort of creepy under any conditions"

-stephen king

life amongst the deer

"live bold, without fear.

this is life amongst the deer"

-katelyn s. bolds

hold a man

"the best way to hold a man is in your arms"

-mae west

shine your brightest light

"to shine your brightest light is 

to be who you truly are"

-roy t. bennett

black sheep

"the black sheep are the ones you want to get to know"

-marty rubin

like a clown

"just because everyone is behaving like a clown,

it doesn't mean you have to join the circus"

-matshona dhliwayo

hold on

"it is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past

while we wait for our future"

-ally condie

between two worlds

"i was born wandering between two worlds..."

-aldous huxley

carry me away

"when i'm all grown up, come what may,

i'll build a boat to carry me away"

-guy gavriel kay

dark side

"everyone is a moon, and has a dark side 

which he never shows anybody"

-mark twain

the clock

"unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by.

the past increases, the future recedes.

possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting."

-haruki murakami

secret of the sea

"my soul is full of longing

for the secret of the sea,

and the heart of the great ocean

sends a thrilling pulse through me"

-henry wadsworth longfellow

sail

"sail through the good days, and on bad days pick a spot of blue sky to steer toward"

-richelle e. goodrich

self portrait

"all my images are self-portraits,

even when i'm not in them"

-nuno roque

in your dreams

"little dove, tread carefully in your dreams.  you are not alone in them.  others seek them too"

-h.s. crow

at the edge of the pier

"a life spent at the edge of the pier is a life full of regret,

a life full of fear"

-ryan lilly

message in a bottle

"i'll send an SOS to the world

i hope that someone gets my message in a bottle..."

-the police

nowhere

"that's the place to get to- nowhere.  one wants to wander away from the world's somewheres, into our own nowhere"

-d.h. lawrence

happy 4th

"oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

-francis scott key

dance

"dance above the surface of the world.  let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion"

-red haircrow

that's why

"i got you to look after me, and you got me to look

after you, and that's why"

-john steinbeck

escape?

"desperation is the raw material of drastic change.  only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape"

-william s. burroughs