“Starting the Day The Legacy Letters By Carew Papritz Sometimes we make being happy so difficult. And being thankful such a chore. Starting the day like a job we hate. Beginning it like swallowing ten tablespoons of devil-made cough syrup. Because somehow along the way we forget that being alive and healthy and happy are noble goals-or just good ideas. And that the opposite of being alive is being dead. What a choice.”
“A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!”
“You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, “And the geek shall inherit the Earth.”
“all people start to come apart finally and there it is: just empty ashtrays in a room or wisps of hair on a comb in the dissolving moonlight.”
“It’s okay,” I tell her. “It is okay to be happy”
“Happiness doesn t come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.”
“Commas nourishes your desires and full-stop kills.”
“To quote a famous philosopher revered in my time But this is no different from regular life. When have you ever known what s going to happen in the future? Wait a minute, Jonah thought. I said that. Back at Westminster, with Katherine. Does that mean I m going to be a famous philosopher in the future? Does that mean I m going to be revered? There wasn t time to ask.”
“Great songs don t grow on trees, yet lots of songs have been written on great trees”
“When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else s to shield our fear.”
“Estamos condenados a pensar com palavras, a sentir em palavras, se queremos pelo menos que os outros sintam connosco. Mas as palavras são pedras. As palavras são pedras,o que nelas vive é o espírito que por elas passa.”
“You’ll probably fall in & out of love at least a dozen times…the wrong way…to love THAT ONE…the right way…YOU!”
“Shy, all those things you listed don’t make a person. They don’t. I mean it. You’re beautiful, both inside and outside, but please don’t look at me to validate that. You have to know it for yourself. -Taylor Holden, Strapped.”
“Without sense of direction, efforts land nowhere.”
“Never feel that you are alone, as someone is always be your side.”
“they will give you a kiss maybe but after a while they will bite your heart”
“Pinto quadros por letras, por sinais”