#ship

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

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

Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#friendship

When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you treat them like nothing. Learn to be a good friend because one day you're gonna look up and say I lost a good friend. Learn how to be respectful to your friends, don't just start arguments with them and don't tell them the reason, always remember your friends will be there quicker than your family. Learn to remember you got great friends, don't forget that and they will always care for you no matter what. Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#gratitude #loyalty #family

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#deeply #even #friendship #into #life

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them ↗

— Thomas Merton

#love #self-discovery #trust #truth #friendship

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#piglet #pooh #reassurance #friendship