#hip

The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years. ↗

— Aberjhani

#creativity #literature #national-poetry-month #poem-in-your-pocket-day #poetry

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising? ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#become #compromise #compromising #does #relationship

The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#am #follow #his #hope #i

There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#literature #beauty

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#inspirational #art

I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff. ↗

— Jon Katz

#friends #friendship #love #business

You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#communication #heartwarming #human-connections #human-nature #humanism

He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship #harry-potter #ron-weasley #death

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#call #friends #matter #up #you

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#friendship