I wanted to be the conduit for somebody else's experiences, filtered through me, and passed on to other people. Which is the job description, really.
The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.
Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!
They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz
There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.
Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death.
And Burns--though brief the race he ran, Though rough and dark the paths he trod, Lived--died--in form and soul a man, The image of his God.
Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.
The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.
Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.
Give people permission to be who they are and they will love, thank, and respect you forever.