“I hollowed out, stopped listening to music, never picked up a pencil, started slipping into old habits. All of the vibrancy I used to see became de-saturated. Lost Slowly, once I had done enough damage to myself, I began to climb out of the hole. Clean. When I made it out, the only thing left inside was the voice, and for the second time in my life, I no longer ignored it - because it was my own.” MadeDoneEnoughUsedLostLeftVoiceMy OwnListeningHabitCleanHolesMade ItDamageClimbsIgnoredPencilsListening To MusicSlippingSaturatedOld HabitsVibrancy Author:Gerard Way
“A history of listening to Top 40 radio had left me with a ridiculous and clichéd notion of love. I had never entertained the feeling myself but knew that it meant never having to say you're sorry. It was a many-splendored thing. Love was a rose and a hammer. Both blind and all-seeing, it made the world go round.” WorldLoveMadeFeelingsLeftSeeingListeningBlindRoseNotionSorryRoundsRadioRidiculousHammers Author:David Sedaris
“Naked girls with the heads of Marx and Malraux prone and helpless in the glare of the headlights, tried to give them a little joie de vivre but maybe it didn't take, their constant bickering and smallness, it's like a stroke of lightning, the world reminds you of its power, tracheotomies right and left, I am spinning, my pretty child, don't scratch, pick up your feet, the long nights, spent most of my time listening, this is a test of the system, this is only a test.” WorldGivingChildrenLittlesLongNightGirlLeftFeetListeningPicksTestsConstantNakedMy TimeLightningHelplessStrokesScratchesSpinningGlareSmallnessBickeringHeadlightsLong NightsJoie De Vivre Book:Sixty stories Source: Sixty stories
“Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.” HeartNamesLeftBornWhiteSunFireAirSkyFieldsWindListeningHighestCloudsSnowGrassHonourCentreVividWhite Clouds Author:Stephen Spender
“After listening to the debate on unemployment I can see a danger that Liberals lose to the Tories their claim to have new and sensible ideas and are left saying "Me too" to a Socialist conventional wisdom which is failing. The salient need of this country to produce more and much more efficiently hardly figured on the agenda.” NeedsI CanIdeasCountryLeftLosesFailingDangerProduceListeningClaimsDebateAgendasSensibleConventionalSocialistUnemploymentConventional Wisdom Author:Jo Grimond
“A silence, the brief Sabbath of an hour, Reigns o'er the fields; the laborer sits within His dwelling; he has left his steers awhile, Unyoked, to bite the herbage, and his dog Sleeps stretched beside the door-stone in the shade. Now the gray marmot, with uplifted paws, No more sits listening by his den, but steals Abroad, in safety, to the clover-field, And crops its juicy-blossoms.” LeftHoursSleepSilenceDoorsDogFieldsListeningStonesSafetyStealingGrayShadeBitesReignCropsDwellingSteersSabbathLaborersPawsDensJuicyClovers Author:William C. Bryant
“I was strong and tough enough and charming. / How else is a fat Jew lesbian poet gonna get by? / Listening to the radio, staying home, staying alone, like / they mean us to. / Who means you to be left out? / Who don't?” MeanEnoughHomeLeftStrongPoetListeningToughRadioJewFatsStayingBigotryOutsidersCharmingLeft Out Author:Elana Dykewomon
“I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.” KnowsChildrenDifferentHateLeftNaturalEnvironmentListeningAdultsAbusePrejudiceSafetyTolerancePianoNonsenseDevicesTraitsRidingBikeNormGangAmusedNatural EnvironmentArmchairs Author:Josh Lieb
“There's a lot of noise about me that stops a lot of people from listening, but the good side is if you expose yourself like that, you're left with only good people who can see through you-you get rid of all the wankers.” PeopleIfsLeftSidesListeningNoiseGood People Author:Sebastian Horsley
“I've found that since I've been playing the acoustic, listening to a horn player has left me thinking, well, what can I do with that? But somehow piano players, I feel more of a connection to , now that I'm using the acoustic.” ThinkingFeelsWellsFoundLeftPlayerListeningConnectionsPianoHornsAcoustics Author:Bill Orcutt
“I failed everything in school. I left when I was 13 because I had no comprehension of what the hell they were talking about up there at the blackboard. I must have that ADD thing. But, listening to people I thought, that's wonderful to be able to tell a story.” PeopleStoriesAbleSchoolLeftTalkingHellWonderfulListeningAddComprehensionBlackboard Author:Malachy McCourt
“If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Planned Parenthood, you aren't listening closely enough. The anesthetic of progressive benevolence always dulls the senses. Wake up.” IfsEnoughHouseLeftWhiteBehindsListeningBirthWake UpSensesWhite HouseProgressiveParenthoodRhetoricLeft BehindBenevolenceBirth ControlPlanned ParenthoodAnesthetics Author:Michelle Malkin
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.” LoveLifeFeelsHeartReasonFeelingsHappensEarthDeathFallLeftHurtBreakCourageRiskTreeLove YouStrengthBrokenListeningSolitudeProtectNovelistsLife ChangingApplesHappy LifeYearningBrushesSweetnessBetrayedHave CourageBeing StrongProtect YouTastingListen To YourselfStrength Of WillSwallowingCourage StrengthHaving StrengthApple TreesStrong InspirationalCourage To LovePower And StrengthCourage To ChangeLiving AloneInspirational StrengthWay Of LoveHuman StrengthBeing Happy With LifeLife StrengthLove StrengthPower StrengthStrength And LoveStrong LifeRisking Your HeartHurting YourselfFaith And CourageLife Is ComplicatedStrength And LifeStrength And Faith Author:Louise Erdrich
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.” LoveBelieveGirlLeftWomenWiseLove YouListeningSadKissingLeavingActressesSingersAnniversaryFamous WomenInspirational WomenUnforgettableI Love You So MuchJust A GirlWise GirlBehind A SmileImperfection Is Beauty Author:Marilyn Monroe