R.X. Bird Quotes
Life and death- what paltry words, what tarnished bookends, what unjust summation for drawing breath one moment and failing to release it the next.
We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.
If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground.
I love the freedom of my wings. I love the empty space above the ground. I rejoice in my freedom. Freedom is my religion. Peace is my God. Love is my worship.
Often-times, grass was more useful than gold. Man was more desirable than a beast. Chance was more seductive than knowledge, and eternal life was completely meaningless without love.
It is very funny, but you do not always have to see people to love them. Just think about it, and tell me if it isn't so.
Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty.
I guess time doesn't flow in order, does it - A, B, C, D? It just sort of goes where it feels like going.
Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again. Grace Awakening. Book one: Awakening Dreams
From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain.
If it weren’t for her setting me free, I may still be a caged bird today, holding my own daughter captive on a shit-laden perch.
Hell yeah! Twitter was proof that leaderless self-organizing systems could be true agents of change.
Don’t beat yourself up, son. I’m sure there is a culture on this spinning ball of dirt where you can be pretty. If not, do rock ‘n roll, or practice words. That shit’s pretty as well.
Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence.Or insanity.
I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.
Money had no name, of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.
I’ve been accused of having a death wish but I think it’s life that I wish for, terribly, shamelessly, on any terms whatsoever.
Reality spilled out into the alley like water from an overfilled bowl - as sound, as smell, as image, as plea, as response.
. . . I suppose one starts out, as a child, being romantic and dreaming of adventure. Poetic. Then reality comes along, and with it, a whole lot of prose.
How can she expect her children to dream as big as the stars if they can't lift their heads to gaze upon them?
True Courage is when you are afraid of something but go through with it anyway
There was something vaguely sad about the rock. It was as old as it looked, standing weathered and lonely amidst the stretch of sand, and its thoughts were quiet as it listened to the waves.
Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it might go on
He'd been given every word he needed, and every word had been stripped from me. I wanted them back. All of them.
I was a vacant room. Inside, the music produces only a dry, hollow echo.
All the men I know add that “hands that prepared it” line. They must know it’s right complimentary, an incentive to keep the women cooking.
I don't know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I'm pessimistic, then the adults in this world who are not pessimistic are a bunch of idiots.
My beloved jay, give me a name now. call out the name you give me, looking into the deepest place in your heart. Everytime you call my name, I'll fly to you and be your wings.
Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it.
Everyday, Jay would sit under a giant elm tree and imagine the adventures his life might bring.
Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.We should always seek knowledge, even in the face of fear.
I wish she’d said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can’t hide from it, not even here.
To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy.
Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that’s opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.
I sat down and knitted for some time - my usual resource under discouraging circumstances.
I am afraid to die, though, ' I whispered to myself. These turned out to be my last words. They were not very impressive words, but it was too late to change them.
I feel as if the world is listening for my next thought. But I can't think of anything. Sorry, but I just can't think of anything.
And though, truly, she sometimes felt like something inside her had disappeared, it seemed that must be a natural part of growing up. Standing out too much made one feel too alone to do it forever.
But also . . . I have plenty of people around me to talk to, and no one to be honest with.
Quinn wanted to make her see that people didn't live like this