Sipping Jetstreams Quotes & Sayings

But a lot of the old fans are listening to a lot of the younger music. So I gotta keep moving forward, and they'll move forward too. — Kenneth Edmonds

They'd told him he had talent. That word was heroin to the young. Talent — Chuck Palahniuk

The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration. — Thomas Merton

Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life. — Henepola Gunaratana

But the Daily Mail isn't to be trusted," Jacob said to himself, looking about for something else to read. — Virginia Woolf

So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving. — Lindsay Lohan

Enlightenment is not some good feeling or some particular state of mind. The state of mind that exists when you sit in the right posture is, itself, enlightenment. If you cannot be satisfied with the state of mind you have in zazen, it means your mind is still wandering about. Our body and mind should not be wobbling or wandering about. In this posture there is no need to talk about the right state of mind. You already have it. This is the conclusion of Buddhism. — Shunryu Suzuki

We are entering the Dark Ages, my friend, but this time there will be lots of neon, and screen savers, and street lighting. — Edward St. Aubyn

love will come
and when love comes
love will hold you
love will call your name
and you will melt
sometimes though
love will hurt you but
love will never mean to
love will play no games
cause love knows life
has been hard enough already — Rupi Kaur

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you. — Logan Pearsall Smith

She remembers talking to God a lot right after everything happened with Luke. She remembers crying and asking why, over and over. Asking for help, for strength, for understanding. Apologizing for what she did wrong. Talking through everything she could have, should have done differently. Begging for the torment to stop.
She remembers belief and trust slowly turning sour. Still, she kept talking to God out of habit. And because she didn't have anyone else to talk to. At night, in the dark sanctuary of her bedroom, alone, she could say the things she'd been keeping quiet. But she stopped expecting an answer. Stopped hoping for one.
After a while, God felt as distant, as uncaring, as everyone else.
And her prayers faded away. — Kathryn Holmes

It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term. — Walead Beshty