#east

Be my lover between two wars waged in the mirror, she said. I don't want to return now to the fortress of my father's house. Take me to your vineyard. Let me meet your mother. Perfume me with basil water. Arrange me on silver dishes, comb me, imprison me in your name, let love kill me. ↗

— Mahmoud Darwish

#poetry #the-death-of-the-phoenix #death

We owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was truly a hilarious twelve minutes of improvised "awesome" in a week of scripted "blah". But because it advanced our understanding. This president has issues, and there are very legitimate debates about his policies and actions, and successes and or failures as president - I mean, tune in next week. But I could never wrap my head around why the world, and the president republicans describe, bears so little resemblance to the world and the president that I experience. And now I know why : There is a president Obama that only republicans can see ↗

— Jon Stewart

#current-events #politics #presidents #republicans #tea-party

Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop. ↗

— Luis Palau

#contagious #ever #feast #holy #innocents

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics. ↗

— Robert Peel

#few #least #me #politics #seem

I usually try on at least 20 pairs of jeans before I find something that looks good on me. And even then, I have a trustworthy friend tell me if my butt looks big! ↗

— Amanda Peet

#big #even #find #friend #good

I say: If you don't know how to cook, I'm sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call that friend and say, 'Can I come next time and can I bring some food and can I come an hour or two hours ahead and watch you and help you?' ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#bring #call #come #cook #food

One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road. ↗

— Ruth Pitter

#heaven #homesickness #inn #least #right

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#cry #i #least #men #often

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries. ↗

— Jules Renard

#beasts #distinguishes #finally #financial #i

If someone says, "You can make it!" down a vertical mountain when you don't ski very well, think about it before launching. This can be a turning point in your life. It sure was in mine when I slammed into the mountain. I wish I'd said, "F'getabout it, sucka," and gone to the Kiddie Corral. Would have saved a lot of pain and surgery. Think about this. What are you really up for? Is the thrill worth the cost? ↗

— Sandy Nathan

#health #inspirational #new-age #western-wisdom #age