The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying ‘anywhere but here’.
E. E. CUMMINGSTake the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
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You shall above all things be glad and young For if you’re young, whatever life you wear it will become you; and if you are glad whatever’s living will yourself become.
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Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
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As small as a world as large as alone.
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The hardest fight a man has to fight is to live in a world where every single day someone is trying to make you someone you do not want to be–
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I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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Existing’s tricky:but to live’s a gift.
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Sweet springtime is my time is your time is our time for springtime is love time and viva sweet love.
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The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses.
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Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?
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And now you are and I am and we’re a mystery which will never happen again.
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Someone asked me what home was and all I could think of were the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.
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I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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As small as a world as large as alone.
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Lovers alone wear sunlight.
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I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
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