“I wish to go down under the waters—
the cool, crystalline waters that I knew, where all
that is, here, existing, is
is only to be lost within the susurrations
and the rumours of water and the evening star
we wait for...”
Source: paulinskill hours and other poems
“Margaret's voice, with its raspy twang, reminded her of magnolias and whiskey.”
Source: Toe to Toe
“Most of us live our lives like toads, sitting perfectly still, under a plantain leaf. We are waiting for a fly to come our way. When it comes out darts the tongue. We nab it.
That is all. We eat it.”
Source: Death in the Woods and Other Stories
“Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.”
“Please don't waste-away in front of a TV waiting to win a lottery during the precious few hours you are not imprisoned in corporate shackles.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“First, the explosion of life. Then came the celebration. Such as it had been for generations and generations, as long as the eldest of the eldest could remember; as long as the record books had kept steady score. By the time the first buds were edging their green shoots from the dirt, the parade grounds had been cleared and the maypole had been pulled from its exile in the basement of the Mansion. The board had met and the Queen decided; all that was left was the wait. The wait for May.”
Source: Wildwood Imperium
“Quit waiting for others to give to you; it is not going to happen.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“When you are constantly waiting and wanting your declaration is that you are NOT.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“What's done
is done. Say good-bye to the past, and hello to the future And we're
wasting time, when already we've wasted enough. We've got everything
ahead, waiting for us."
Just the right words to make me feel real, alive, free! Free enough to
forget thoughts of revenge.”
Source: Flowers in the Attic
“Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all. I was dying to talk to Jim and about Jim. But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God.”
Source: Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control