Thomas Buchanan Reed
- Valley Forge Practice
But wilder, fiercer, sadder still, Freezing the tear it caused to start, Was the inevitable chill Which pierced a nation's agued heart, A nation with its naked breast Against the frozen barriers prest, Heaving its tedious way and slow Through shifting gulfs and drifts of woe, Where every blast that whistled by Was bitter with its children's cry.
Tasha Tudor
Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some chamomile tea and spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening listening to the liquid song of the hermit thrush, they might enjoy life more.
Lowell Mason (True Story about: Mary Sawyer)
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went. Mary went. Mary went. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day. It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play. It made the children laugh and play to see the lamb at school.
Dr. Michael Dauphinais
- Courage, Dear Heart
As war broke out across Europe in the fall of 1939, C. S. Lewis returned to teach at the University of Oxford. Lewis himself was no stranger to war and to its accompanying anxieties, frustrations, and terrors. He himself had fought in the trenches of World War I, eventually being wounded by a bomb inadvertently dropped by English artillery. Some of the men of his generation found themselves called up to serve again in World War II.
GO PRACTICE!
Always practice what you want to be great at. Practice does not make perfect, it makes progress, because perfection is impossible to achieve. So, even if you are in the midst of learning, if you are disheartened because there are so many professionals out there that do it bigger and better than you do, just know that one day many years from now, that person or professional will be dead, and it will be your turn to show people what greatness really is about. YOU will be that professional.
AI generated
- Gregorian Chants
Gregorian chants are a form of sacred music that originated in the medieval Catholic Church. Named after Pope Gregory I, who is traditionally credited with organizing and standardizing the chants, they are characterized by their monophonic texture, meaning a single melodic line sung without harmony or accompaniment. These chants are typically performed in Latin and were designed to enhance the liturgical services of the church.
Diamondshine
Both my parents grew up poor. My father grew up thinking that parents didn't eat on Tuesdays. He thought that was the ordinary practice. He didn't realize that his parents were sacrificing so that the children would be fed. When my mother was in grade school, sitting in her seat, one of her teachers quietly came over and asked her to move her feet. She did and then then realized her feet were bleeding through the soles of her tight, worn-out shoes.
Stephen Covey
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion. not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Samira Ahmed
- This Book Won't Burn
Fire isn't the only thing that can burn you. Fire, at least, tells the truth. It doesn't disguise what it is. What it can do. How it can turn everything in your life into ash in a split second.
Bangtan Sonyeondan
- Silver spoon (english translation)
I have crow-tit legs, you have stork's legs. They say their legs are worth a million bucks. My legs are shorter, how can I keep up? They say, "It shouldn't matter since we're coming from the same place."
Tammie Kwong
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences, however, may affect a youth's ability to form and maintain these social connections. Attachment theory describes how children's ability to socially connect with others is largely based on how they were attached to their parents as infants. Youth who have been maltreated often form insecure attachment relationships with their caregivers.
Sam Haft
- Merry Sinsmas
You pack a bag, you say goodbye, you kiss me on the cheek and look me in the eye, you tell a lie that you will soon return to me. I loved you then, I love you still, and I know it won't be long until you're here at last and then I'll ask if your heart still burns for me. I would travel every ring of Hell just to see if you'll be mine.
Gym Class Heroes
- "Taxi Driver"
I took cutie for a ride in my death cab. She tipped me with a kiss; I dropped her off at the meth lab. Before she left, she made a dashboard confessional and spilled her guts in cursive. But what's worse is I could still her bright eyes like sunny day real estate; oh, my, and in a funny way it irritates.
a gift from Todd
- Hostile Government Takeover
We're in the middle of a hostile government takeover. I wanna talk about it but I'll be late for work. And if you're saying "Wait a minute, who we have to stop this?" We had one, but you didn't want that lady in office. Now that we're all part of a Nigerian prince scam, surprise, surprise, it ended up being a white man. Oh, I just wanna know what the hell do I do? Probably drink.
Darren Aronofsky
- Izzi - The Fountain
No, no. Listen, listen. He said that if they dug his father's body up, it would be gone. They planted a seed over his grave. The seed became a tree. Moses said his father became a part of that tree. He grew into the wood, into the bloom. And when a sparrow ate the tree's fruit, his father flew with the birds. He said... death was his father's road to awe. That's what he called it. The road to awe. I've been trying to write that last chapter and I haven't been able to get that out of my head!
Hardik Mangukiya
- No One Cares If You Don't Care For Yourself
People care about you, but they care about themselves more. -Anthony Moore. So they love you if you love yourself first. No one likes negative jerks. You only get attracted to those people who are attractive because they are confident, secure, and lovable enough. The world doesn't encompass your insecurities and comfort. As simple as that.
Dan Erickson
- Sorry Speech- Severance
Forgive me for the harm I have caused this world. None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on. I am thankful to have been caught, my fall cut short by those with wizened hands. All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.
Shane Jett
- Bill to Ban Corporal Punishment for Disabled Students
As the bill was debated, Sen. Shane Jett, one of the most outspoken opponents of the bill, told Sen. Dave Rader that the Bible sanctions corporal punishment and demanded to know how his legislation conforms with Scripture. He continued to call the bill a violation of Scripture and complained the measure was "socialist."
Jeff Vandermeer
- Annihilation
This is impossible," said the surveyor, staring at her maps. The solid shade of late afternoon cast her in cool darkness and lent the words more urgency than they would have had otherwise. The sun was telling us that soon we'd have to use our flashlights to interrogate the impossible, although I'd have been perfectly happy doing it in the dark. "And yet there it is," I said. "Unless we are having a mass hallucination.
