Your Head Being A Mess Quotes & Sayings

It must be pleasant to be occasionally guilty of a small abomination. — Eliphas Levi

Each time we consider a miracle impossible, or assume that we ourselves are not capable of working it, then we're choosing not to take flight ... — Marianne Williamson

Traffic is one of the most powerful films to come out in recent years. It blew me away. — Mary Hart

Even the bees I'd swear were sent to protect us in the delicate business of hives and honey are stung to silence by the news that something winged has lost its flight. — Kristen Henderson

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin

If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'. — Naima Adedapo

And from the midst of cheerless gloom
I passed to bright unclouded day. — Emily Bronte

The End of World War One
Out of the scraped surface of the land
men began to emerge, like puppies
from the slit of their dam. Up from the trenches
they came out upon the pitted, raw earth
wobbling as if new-born.
They could not believe they would be allowed to live,
the orders had come down: no more killing.
They approached the enemy, holding out chocolate
and cigarettes. They shook hands, exchanged
souvenirs
mess-kits, neckerchiefs.
Some even embraced, while in London
total strangers copulated
in doorways and on the pavement, in the ecstasy
of being reprieved. Nine months later,
like men emerging from the trenches, first the head,
then the body, there were lifted, newborn, from these mothers,
the soldiers of World War Two. — Sharon Olds

Snap. Lady with dog. Lady on sofa half-naked. Snap. Naked lady. Lady next to dresser. Lady at window. Snap. Lady on balcony sunlight. (On New Orleans photographer E. J. Bellocq) — Michael Ondaatje

Simple English is no one's mother tongue. It has to be worked for. — Jacques Barzun

She is a mess, her dress once pulled together long and fresh, now drooping and awkwardly weighted to one side of her head. "What happened? Are you okay?" The women clamor around her.
Nick walks out in perfect order and perfect swagger, passing her with a downward glance. "You forgot your panties". He said tossing her underwear onto the table in front of her. After being embarrassingly ignored by the group of debutants, the nearby college boys feel justified by the turn of events and break into hysterics. Slinking out the side door, the mortified women exit without another word. — Jennifer Loren

I was weird right from the start. It's just that you can't ever expect people to get you. And I do think that really did mess with my head, being well-known young, when you really don't know who you are. — Helena Bonham Carter