March 2011
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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed...
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Dandelion Wine
“You must take these things on faith. Someday you’ll be as old as I. People will say the same. ‘Oh no,’ they’ll say, ‘those vultures were never hummingbirds, those owls were never orioles, those parrots were never bluebirds!’ One day you’ll be like me!”
“No we won’t!” said the girls. “Will we?” they asked...
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via julie911)
“For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes...”
– Vincent van Gogh (via girlwithoutwings)
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“Small Song by A.R. Ammons
The reeds give
way to the
wind and give
the wind...”
