I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I've learned, the hard way,
that some poems don't rhyme,
and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Life is about not knowing,
having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it,
without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious ambiguity.
Gilda Radner, It's Always Something
The pleasure of expecting enjoyment
is often greater than that of obtaining it,
and the completion of almost every wish
is found a disappointment.
Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
Now is the accepted time
to make your regular annual good resolutions.
Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
Mark Twain, Territorial Enterprise newspaper, 1863
In art and dreams may you proceed with abandon.
In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
For nothing is more precious than the life force
and may the love of that force guide you as you go.
Patti Smith, Early Work, 1970-1979
Christmas is over and Business is Business.
Franklin Pierce Adams, For the Other 364 Days