We are only but guests at Time’s tea party.
—Terri Guillemets
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Bartleby
How can something bother you if you won’t let it?
—Terri Guillemets
Run for it!
Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.
—Terri Guillemets
Minds awash
Belief stains darker, imprints deeper than truth.
—Terri Guillemets
Fortunate misfortunes
Death bumps into life many times as just a passerby — says excuse me then goes on his way.
—Terri Guillemets
Agony of anxious
Fear —
not running-from-bear
but running-from-life
Courage —
not getting-up-the-nerve
but getting-up-every-day
—Terri Guillemets
Proof of youth
Be thou not ashamed of lust —
desire was born in primal dust
it mingled with the seas of life
to make the mud we know as love
—Terri Guillemets
Freedumb
To burn one book is to burn the entire library.
—Terri Guillemets
Depending
Sometimes life gives honey
and other times, stings;
Sometimes we need roots—
and other times, wings.
—Terri Guillemets
Time for gratitude
There’s nothing like a mama-hug.
—Terri Guillemets
Who’s there?
Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer.
—Terri Guillemets
Grow love
Plant love everywhere, so that it grows through the cracks in hatred.
—Terri Guillemets
Tired of trying
Even the sun can’t shine on an entire world at once.
—Terri Guillemets
Mind full
Walking is good for solving problems — it’s like the feet are little psychiatrists.
—Terri Guillemets
Excite
Lightning dances —
Thunder applauds her!
—Terri Guillemets
Chasing the past
Chasing the past, I stumbled into the future.
—Terri Guillemets
P.S. Thanks so much to Rebecca for letting me know that this quote was used in the television show Being Erica. In the episode “Plenty of Fish,”
Myelin
I love you with all my bones — the heart is too ephemeral.
—Terri Guillemets
In pieces
The emotions are part of the wound.
—Terri Guillemets
Illumination
As far as the Moon is concerned, he is always full.
—Terri Guillemets
Paper doesn’t forget
We write to remember our nows later.
—Terri Guillemets
Sparks & sizzle
Two people who have chemistry evolve quickly to biology.
—Terri Guillemets
Inkdreaming
the smell of ink is
intoxicating to me —
others may have wine
but I have poetry
—Terri Guillemets
Party angels
Every time a champagne bottle pops, a party angel gets its wings.
—Terri Guillemets
Winter’ish
In Phoenix, Jack Frost doesn’t nip — he just tickles.
—Terri Guillemets
Orkestrel
Birdsong: a branch of music.
—Terri Guillemets