A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings.
Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.
“When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born,And what is it to work with love?It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, ev...”
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your ...”
“Then a ploughman said , speak to us of work : in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life ,And to love life throught labour is to be intimate with inmost secrets .And what is it to...”
“Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
“And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.”
“Could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;”
“Like a prayer, that was how her name sounded on his lips. She took his face in her hands, finding his eyes blazing, his breathing as ragged as her own”
“The smile upon my lips,It will surely never die As I'm waiting here for yountil you're by my side.”
“My lips still quiver when I think about her smile.”
“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
“I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.”
“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”
“To withhold words is power. But to share our words with others, openly and honestly, is also power.”
“You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, 'This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I'm doing t...”
“...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...”