"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."- Anais Nin

If I am to close my eyes and never to waken
Let my mind be filled with wonderful thoughts of you
For I have lived, but was forgone by emptiness
I could not see your face, your eyes evade me
How am I to drift to slumber when you’re lost from my dreams?

If I am to close my eyes and never to waken
Let me be still and stay in your silence
For in such I have neither fear nor uncertainties
I could not hear my voice, your own could not fill me
How can I be of peace when thoughts of you fail to overwhelm me?

If I am to close my eyes and never to waken
Let God be giving and my wish fulfilled, let it be you that I last see
For the chance may be taken and could not be given once more
Even for a time. A stolen moment. Even if it be a lie.
I’ll then be happy till my last waking hour.

Samantha : I've lost my orgasm.
Carrie : In the cab?
Charlotte : What do you mean, 'lost'?
Samantha : I just spent the last two hours fucking with no finale.
Carrie : It happens. Sometimes you just can't get there.
Samantha : I can always get there.
Charlotte : Every time you have sex?
Carrie : She's exaggerating. Please say you're exaggerating.
Samantha : Well, I'll admit I have had to polish myself off once or twice, but yes! When I RSVP to a party, I make it my business to come.

ps: dont u just adore her? i heart samantha jones!

Later that day I got to thinking about relationships.

There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back.

But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.

And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.

- Carrie Bradshaw of Sex & the City

After a break-up, certain street, locations, even times of day are off-limits. The city becomes a deserted battlefield, loaded with emotional landmines. You have to be very careful where you step or you could be blown to pieces.

- Carrie Bradshaw of Sex & the City

Samantha: Until he says "I love you", you're a free agent.
Carrie: What is this? The Rules According to Samantha?
Samantha: See? I'm more old-fashioned than you think.
- Sex & the City

"What good would wings be if you couldn't feel wind on your face?"

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful

commited citizens can change the world; indeed,

is it the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

I KNOW that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.

from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" - William Butler Yeats

This poem was recited by Sgt. Danny Daly, Radioman, before the crew went up for their final mission in the film "Memphis Belle".

In a world gone mad it’s hard to think right
So much violence hate and spite
Murder going on all day and night
Due time we fight the non-violent fight

Now how many people must get killed?
For oil families pockets to get filled?
How many oil families get killed?
Not a damn one so what’s the deal?

And we, condemned to repeat history
In spiraling murderous circles
The well is full of the dead
Where, then, do we wash our hands?
In whose blood, but the Enemy?

In A World Gone Mad - The Beastie Boys