"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before."

-- Audre Lorde

#Life Quotes #Dream Quotes #Bridges Quotes

“Musicâ€™s a wood you walk through.”
“Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.”
“Only the ones who believe ever see what they dream, ever dream what comes true.”

Source : Song: The Color Of Roses, Album: Sand and Water, 1997
“Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.”
“I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.”

Source : "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.
“Drumming is not worrying about what you can't do. It's about having fun with what you can do.”
“Even the law of gravitation would be brought into dispute were there a pecuniary interest involved.”
“Holy smoke! We lost our last match and there's a storm coming! Party On! A flash flood swept away all our gear and we're twenty miles from the trailhead! Party On! My femur bone's sticking through my skin and I've gotta cross that river! Party On!”

Source : Cody Lundin (2011). “98. 6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com

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