poems for my boyfriend

Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles. ~Herbert Agar



When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean. ~G.K. Chesterton



If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love. ~Lloyd Alexander



The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate. ~Prince de Ligne



Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murders. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls. ~Victor Hugo



Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is already there. ~Author Unknown



A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell L. Willkie



If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust, and, in short, of coming eventually to hopeless misery. He would break down, at last, as every good fortune, as every dynasty, as every civilization does. In place of this we have death. ~Charles Sanders Peirce



The perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra. ~Cliff Raven



In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Nurses are patient people. ~Author Unknown



Golf is not just an exercise; it's an adventure, a romance... a Shakespeare play in which disaster and comedy are intertwined. ~Harold Segall



It's not plagiarism - I'm recycling words, as any good environmentally conscious writer would do. ~Uniek Swain



Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



A relationship becomes easier when you realize that you don't have to be the one at fault to be the one who's sorry. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Thou hast added insult to injury. ~Phaedrus



God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. ~J.M. Barrie, Courage, 1922



We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. ~Bill Maher