Quotes and images that are meaningful or inspire me lately
“Maybe life has just cleared out all the things that weren’t working for you. Now you’ve got room to rebuild. Decide exactly what you want your life to look like and make that happen.” – Maryann Forrester to Tara Thornton on True Blood (Season 1, Episode 12: You’ll Be The Death Of Me)
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.- Bene Gessert Litany Against Fear from the Dune series
“The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” – Jack Kerouac
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.” – Vincent van Gogh
The bene gesserit litany is something very inspiring. I have memories of been terrified for something and the litany just pop in my mind, and I recite it and go ahead.
Ever since I read the quote in the last couple of days, I’ve been repeating (what parts I can remember!) to myself, and sometimes it works. :)