voluntary confinement . . .

“Don’t forget either, you unhappy man, that voluntary confinement is a great deal harder to bear than compulsory.”

 

~Anton Chekhov

allegory . . .

“He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god.” 

~Roman Payne

moths . . .

“The Moth don’t care when he sees The Flame.
He might get burned, but he’s in the game.
And once he’s in, he can’t go back, he’ll
Beat his wings ’til he burns them black…
No, The Moth don’t care when he sees The Flame. . .
The Moth don’t care if The Flame is real,
‘Cause Flame and Moth got a sweetheart deal.
And nothing fuels a good flirtation,
Like Need and Anger and Desperation…
No, The Moth don’t care if The Flame is real. . . ”

 

~Aimee Mann

to minimize friction . . .

The first problem of living is to minimize friction with the crowds that surround you on all sides.”

 

~Isaac Asimov 

“go confidently . . .”

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”

 

~Henry David Thoreau

everyone has a candle . . .

“cruthaitheach . . .”

“Everyone starts with talent; everyone has a candle and it shines. Most people let it go out or other people blow it out for them.”

~Cees Nooteboom

 

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Horizons . . .

“Make the most of yourself….for that is all there is of you.” 

 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson