July 2013
a mirror thinks it has no self
so it wants to be everything it sees
- Toi Derricotte
10:00 AM July 31st
The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
- Wendell Berry
8:30 AM July 30th
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
- Aldous Huxley
7:29 AM July 29th
There is a place to stand
where you can see so many lights
you forget you are one of them.
- Naomi Shihab Nye
8:30 AM July 28th
It's a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you'll probably take a few.
- Bill Watterson
10:30 AM July 27th
the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
- Leonard Cohen
7:00 AM July 26th
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
- Philip Roth
8:00 PM July 25th
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
- Stanley Kunitz
9:00 AM July 25th
judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off.
- Guy Finley
7:00 AM | July 24th
The only burden you have ever had is your mind.
- Robert Adams
9:30 AM July 23rd
Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside ourselves can be our master.
- Sheldon Kopp
7:30 AM July 23rd
As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.
- Jhumpa Lahiri
7:07 AM July 22nd
The moon shines on the river,
the wind blows through the pines -
whose providence is this long beautiful evening?
- Yongjia Xuanjue
6:30 PM July 21st
Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.
- Mary Rakow
11:00 AM July 20th
I'd woken up early and I took a long time getting ready to exist.
- Fernando Pessoa
7:30 AM July 19th
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
- Cormac McCarthy
8:30 AM July 18th
Isn't it possible that to desire a thing, to truly desire it, is a form of having it?
- Galway Kinnell
8:30 AM July 17th
You had to invent something. It's not possible to leave it blank. The mind won't let you.
- Paul Auster
8:00 AM July 16th
How weightless
words are when nothing will do.
- Philip Levine
7:30 AM July 15th
oh if we knew
if we knew what we needed if we even knew
the stars would look to us to guide them
- W. S. Merwin
8:00 PM July 14th
Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
- Cormac McCarthy
8:00 AM July 14th
I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.
- Virginia Woolf
8:00 AM July 13th
Your breathing. The beating of your heart. Your mere presence is all that is needed to establish your worth.
- Iyanla Vanzant
7:30 AM July 12th
People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.
- Cormac McCarthy
5:05 PM July 11th
No sympathy for the devil. Keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
- Hunter S. Thompson
8:08 AM July 11th
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
- Robert Brault
10:00 AM July 9th
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
- E. B. White
crashingly beautiful
10:00 AM July 7th
Words do not express thoughts very well.
- Hermann Hesse
8:30 AM July 6th
The morning's the size of heaven.
What will you do with it?
- Mark Doty
7:30 AM July 5th
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde
9:30 PM July 4th
gazing upward, one couldn't help wondering how so many whimsical, wicked people could live under such a sky.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8:00 PM July 2nd
I seek words and images that possess the honesty of stones. Of water.
I want the poem to glow in the dark.
- David Shumate
8:30 AM July 2nd
How terribly sad it is that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
- Jostein Gaarder
8:00 AM July 1st
so it wants to be everything it sees
- Toi Derricotte
10:00 AM July 31st
The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
- Wendell Berry
8:30 AM July 30th
Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
- Aldous Huxley
7:29 AM July 29th
There is a place to stand
where you can see so many lights
you forget you are one of them.
- Naomi Shihab Nye
8:30 AM July 28th
It's a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you'll probably take a few.
- Bill Watterson
10:30 AM July 27th
the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
- Leonard Cohen
7:00 AM July 26th
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
- Philip Roth
8:00 PM July 25th
Though I lack the art
to decipher it,
no doubt the next chapter
in my book of transformations
is already written.
I am not done with my changes.
- Stanley Kunitz
9:00 AM July 25th
judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off.
- Guy Finley
7:00 AM | July 24th
The only burden you have ever had is your mind.
- Robert Adams
9:30 AM July 23rd
Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside ourselves can be our master.
- Sheldon Kopp
7:30 AM July 23rd
As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.
- Jhumpa Lahiri
7:07 AM July 22nd
The moon shines on the river,
the wind blows through the pines -
whose providence is this long beautiful evening?
- Yongjia Xuanjue
6:30 PM July 21st
Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.
- Mary Rakow
11:00 AM July 20th
I'd woken up early and I took a long time getting ready to exist.
- Fernando Pessoa
7:30 AM July 19th
Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave.
- Cormac McCarthy
8:30 AM July 18th
Isn't it possible that to desire a thing, to truly desire it, is a form of having it?
- Galway Kinnell
8:30 AM July 17th
You had to invent something. It's not possible to leave it blank. The mind won't let you.
- Paul Auster
8:00 AM July 16th
How weightless
words are when nothing will do.
- Philip Levine
7:30 AM July 15th
oh if we knew
if we knew what we needed if we even knew
the stars would look to us to guide them
- W. S. Merwin
8:00 PM July 14th
Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
- Cormac McCarthy
8:00 AM July 14th
I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.
- Virginia Woolf
8:00 AM July 13th
Your breathing. The beating of your heart. Your mere presence is all that is needed to establish your worth.
- Iyanla Vanzant
7:30 AM July 12th
People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.
- Cormac McCarthy
5:05 PM July 11th
No sympathy for the devil. Keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
- Hunter S. Thompson
8:08 AM July 11th
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
- Robert Brault
10:00 AM July 9th
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
- E. B. White
crashingly beautiful
10:00 AM July 7th
Words do not express thoughts very well.
- Hermann Hesse
8:30 AM July 6th
The morning's the size of heaven.
What will you do with it?
- Mark Doty
7:30 AM July 5th
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde
9:30 PM July 4th
gazing upward, one couldn't help wondering how so many whimsical, wicked people could live under such a sky.
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8:00 PM July 2nd
I seek words and images that possess the honesty of stones. Of water.
I want the poem to glow in the dark.
- David Shumate
8:30 AM July 2nd
How terribly sad it is that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
- Jostein Gaarder
8:00 AM July 1st
