"There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply."

-- Thom Gunn

#War Quotes #Two Quotes #Vietnam Quotes

“I say all the time that if you really want to feel alive, it's not through striving for yourself. If you really want to feel alive, it's not through trying to get more things or get more success or climbing a corporate ladder or getting to the top. Because, once you get there, you realize that you don't really find happiness in that. If you want to feel alive and if you want to feel peace and happiness, give your life away. Do something that is outside of yourself for someone else. I think that's the way to truly feel alive.”

Source : "Natalie Grant’s whirlwind success continues with 'Hurricane'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive, impractical outlays of cash prompted by nothing loftier than a species joining hands and saying â€œI bet we can do this.â€ Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government red-lining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Letâ€™s squander some on Mars. Letâ€™s go out and play.”
“Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.”
“God i've missed you. I can't wait to give you your present. He kisses me hotter this time, and beneath me, through his denim and mine. I can feel the promise of his Christmas gift soon to come.”
“I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.”
“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.”
“The amount of hot girls who come to signings is incredible!”
“Everyday that passes I am pulled from youth as how it has been defined by that culture into something else.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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