Debbie

“I’ve labored long and hard for bread, For honor and for riches, But on my corns too long you’ve tred You fine-haired sons of bitches.”
― Janet Dawson, Nobody's Child

“Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Fear, with a capital ‘F,’ is the real thing. He’s a vicious, merciless prick that knocks you on your ass and shrieks that he can, and will, take everything from you, forever. He’s a hurricane that pummels you and all you can do is hold on and try to wait him out, praying he will go away.”
― Emelle Gamble, Secret Sister

“There are those who give little of the much which they have — and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet