The Velveteen Rabbit. |
HERE was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his...
Posted by Jeremy on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:24:00 PST |
The Skin Horse |
"...Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because onc...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:35:00 PST |
Tennesse Williams |
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with. All ...
Posted by Jeremy on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:37:00 PST |
Declaration of Sentiments |
Declaration of Sentiments Adopted by the Peace Convention
The Liberator, September 28, 1838, 154.
by William Lloyd Garrison
Assembled in Convention, from various sections of the American Union, f...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:41:00 PST |
Letting go |
If I could ask you only one thing,This is whatd beThat maybe someday you would dream of me
Maybe someday, not right nowMaybe someday, not even tomorrowSomeday when were far removed, there I'll be
In t...
Posted by Jeremy on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:34:00 PST |
Oh to be |
Oh to be the windFree from the chains you try to put on meEthereally free to roam and playRefreshing on a summer afternoonBiting with the winter snowOne day a joy, the next a tormentFree from the chai...
Posted by Jeremy on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:14:00 PST |
Who knows |
The sweetest of kissesAlso drawing out long, forgotten painTo stand firm and endureIs all that remains
Joyous moments quickly shadedThe horror of imagination overtaking the presentTwisting beauty into...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:38:00 PST |
Thought for the day |
Desiring so much to share it allHesitant to bear the fallThat could come when you realizeIf someone ever knewAll that life has brought you throughCould they still look at you with loving eyes
Are some...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:36:00 PST |
The Discourses - Book 4, Chapter 1 - Epictetus |
Chapter 1 About freedom He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to action are not impeded, whose desires attain ...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:54:00 PST |
The Great Learning |
The Great Learning By Confucius Written ca. 500 B.C.EWhat the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence. The point wher...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:13:00 PST |
