I Am Jealous Of Those Who Think More Deeply, Who Write Better, Who Draw Better, Who Look Better, Who

Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Don Miguel Ruiz

“Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.”

— Rumi

Jimmy Santiago Baca, from “I Am Offering This Poem”

Yanyi, from Dream of the Divided Field: Poems; “The Friend”

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“I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.”

— Vincent van Gogh

AI art and humanity

— Julie Anne Peters, from “By The Time You Read This, I’ll Be Dead.”

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”

— Lemony Snicket; The Beatrice Letters

I want to be sixteen again