They asked if we knew anybody who had a nipple ring. I said that my brother did. I got his ID out of his clothes he had packed, waiting to go to work in Louisiana.


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ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
No fate could rob us of our own--
No circumstance can make it less;
What time removes was bu...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
A weed is but an unloved flower.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
I prayed for riches and achieved success,
All that I touched turned into gold. Alas!
My cares...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow it...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails an...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
You like buttercups, dewy sweet,
And crocuses, framed in snow;
I like roses, born of the heat,...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
One ship sails east and another sails west
With the self-same winds that blow.
Tis the set of...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Weep, and you weep alone;
For this brave old earth must...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the peop...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sai...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The worlds best progrss springs.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is a...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that blow. It's the set of the...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Let the dream go. Are there not other dreams
In vastness of clouds hid from thy sight
That yet...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve o...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Be not impatient in delay,But wait as one who understands;When spirit rises and commands,The gods ar...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest,And deal full many a thoughtless blow...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Conversation"

God and I in space alone . . .
and nobody else in view . . .
"And wh...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, an...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
A poor original is better than a good imitation.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
It is easy to tell the toiler
How best he can carry his pack
But no one can rate a burden...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
This is the way of it, sad earth over,
The heart that breaks is the heart of the lover,
And ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
I know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the heart's unrest,
And to grow means often to su...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
When the great universe was wrought
To might and majesty from naught,
The all creative force...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The life that neither grief nor burden knowsIs dwarfed in sympathy before its close.The life that gr...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
What can be said in New Year rhymes,That's not been said a thousand times?The new years come, the ol...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Waste no tearsUpon the blotted record of lost years,But turn the leaf, and smile, oh! smile, to seeT...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The splendid discontent of God With Chaos, made the world; And from the discontent of man The world'...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
And if pretension for a time deceive,And prove me one too ready to believe,Far less my shame, than i...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Such menial duties; but her wayOf looking at them lent a graceTo things the world deemed commonplace...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the ...
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX