You don't know. When I'm out there at night I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark - I'm on fire almost - I'm burning away into nothing - but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am.
Tim O'Brien
Related Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the trut... GERARD WAY i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL dont read my diary when im gone, ok im going to work now , when you wake up please read my diary, lo... KURT COBAIN I like being full of mystery and wonder, people always know im up to something but never know exactl... NIKKI ROWE Never felt lyk im alone bcoz my soul always follows me dats wat make me feel im not alone & I"ll nev... RAKSHAN BHANDARY All that I have done will be remembered when I am all said and done. TRUMAINE M. PRESSLEY They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out? JODI PICOULT I don't know but sometimes I feel that im not a good person in this planet
However I like that feeli... BENJABR, HASSAN Im trending therefore I am. EDWARD SQUIRE I'm baking an apple pie tonight, and I dont care Mr.Carb.. Im eating it at 10pm with ice cream,. Tak... NERISSA IRVING Im James Bond. Im Jason Bourne. Im Super-freaking-Mario come to life. JOHN DAVID ANDERSON Don't run away. Im not running away. Im already gone. -Lena and Ethan KAMI GARCIA My words control your body and your mind like a symbiot
im a phenominon
i had to interpose NOBLE DA GENIUS im still waiting
for that kiss when
my leg
[(P o p s)]* MEGAN Im A Good Friend, But Im A Better Enemy. DONALD C HALL My doctor said I dont use the same side of the brain everyone else uses. lol.. Im insane laawwwwdd .... NERISSA IRVING Im Holding onto What i Hope Will Keep You by My side DALLAS GREEN Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu... ARTEMUS WARD the difference between me and everyone else is....i know im crazi NICK HILL when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD revolver under my bed as im pouring liquor out NOBLE DA GENIUS Freiheit ist etwas Maßloses. Im Guten wie im Schlechten. CARSTEN K. RATH Today's college graduates take IM in the office for granted. If you protect your email systems but i... ED GOLOD Some days i wake up ready to take one huge risk, push myself past the limits of my mind and body, bu... AMIR RIVEROLL A Bullet is a man, from time to time he strays, I compare my life to this, To this I relate. And Im ... CHRIS CORNELL Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr... HARRY S TRUMAN "yes i own a whaler boat, it slides across the sea some folks say im a part of it i know its part of... JIMMY BUFFETT I don't know limits, that's why I'am infinite and even when im gone I will still remain Sun DALADIER When you take your step your dream comes true,you see the sky with fluffy clouds you take your breat... SELENA GóMEZ Im going to Invest in a Turtle shell so i dont have to Watch MY Back. add ME to the Ninja Turtles Li... KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) when i meet someone new they tell me that im crazy or that i need personal and that im the weirdest ... DALLY SALAD im the one who has to die when its time for me to die. so let me live my life the way i want to LIL WAYNE Im on a roller coaster that only goes up my friend. JOHN GREEN Im a trackstar running thru life, chasing my dream. 50 CENT Im still runnin against the wind Well Im older now and still Against the wind BOB SEGER Im a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl BJORK Im still betting on you. - Cinna. SUZANNE COLLINS I'm really excited because these are my first wins (at state). I kind of expected the 200 IM, but I ... AMANDA FAULKNER Im a soulless lawyer. Give me any opinion and I can argue it. MEGYN KELLY i'd rather people hate me for who i am then have them like me for who im not KURT COBAIN The benefits of IM are undeniable for businesses, yet the security risks and challenges are paramoun... CHRIS SHIPLEY Im for rules but when rules conflicts humanity i will stand against it at all cost MICHAEL STRONG We dont know what were going to go home to, ... If we dont have anything anymore, Im not sure I want... IAN WILLIAMSON i's in my writing are never capitalized because in the story of my life im just the supporting chara... IJIRASHIIJACK I know im awesome because if i was superman the first thing i would do is build a suit made out of l... NATHAN ELMO MELO Im very nurturing. TAMARA ECCLESTONE every body thinks im this cheerful littel person with a wonderful smile but the truth is i hide behi... AMBER FAITH HUN Im like Captain America.... accept with a better body, smarter and 2 deployments... NATHAN ELMO MELO Im in the state of Imbroglio NOBLE DA GENIUS You'll never find another like me because im the original. RACHEL W I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, ... MICHELLE BRANCH i can not go through the ocean. i can not drive the streets at night. i can not wake up in the morni... A FINE FRENZY You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up... ONE DIRECTION You can turn off the sun, but im still ganna shine! JASON MRAZ No matter what happens or what you go through im here for you i always will be.No one will keep me f... NICKOLI LEE ALLEN D'AVANZO Okay. JOHN GREEN We do not have federated IM. We firmly believe you need a separate channel from any public IM system... BOB SHIMP Life is Like a Piano,, and Im Playing Beethoven... KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) Im more in love with Rock n Roll today than other things. It grows, you know? BON SCOTT IT departments have spent a lot of money on security. They've hardened the castle walls but left the... ART GILLILAND I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish. MICHAEL JORDAN Dont strew me with roses after Im dead. When Death claims the light of my brow,No flowers of life wi... THOMAS F. HEALEY I mumble a lot when im off stage, so a lot of times when im with a friend i'll say something and he'... MITCH HEDBERG Im waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, i can tell my kind of people by their fa... AYN RAND I feel that the 200 IM is his signature event and he deserves to be able to do it without a 200 back... BOB BOWMAN sometimes the whole internet and world also seems the whole piece of mud,
and it kills me...
but i d... SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST the sentence im reading is terrific ... J.D. SALINGER The issue of IM is that it's being used on the public networks. IM is subject to all the same proble... ANDREW LOCHART I over analyze situations because Im scared of what may happen if I'm not prepared for it. TURCOIS OMINEK Highways are like rivers, everytime im on a highway or a river, it makes my mind flow, nonstopping, ... TERRY VISAKAY We've felt for sometime that IM is next big wave. If you claim to offer a total messaging solution, ... CHRIS CHRISTIANSEN i can go on all day pretending to be happy an fooling the world and leave you wondiring when im gone... AMBER FAITH HUN I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve... AARON KATZ i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD Your words don't match your vibe, & im trusting my gut this time. NIKKI ROWE Im not your biggest girly girl. MAGGIE SIFF Think about visual IM (instant messaging). RON GARRIQUES Im going to use you and abuse you a distortion of the truth! THOMAS WALLACE SCHERZER Yes Im young,We Belong,Love Is Sung,By the peaceful Song...Listen Please, You'll fall to your knees,... NOT YER TYPICAL DORK I need you here with me we look for our love but we dont find it im searching and searching, I reall... SELENA GóMEZ Cool,” I said. “You can IM with the Council from campus. Maybe you can command people to do your... RICHELLE MEAD I got a best time in my freestyle for my relay. This is the first year I've actually done well in fr... AUSTEN RANDOLPH Note To Kids: I Never Drunk Alcohol,, Smoked or did Drugs and Im Still Cool.. KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) There is no longer any excuse for not adopting corporate IM. But businesses should establish policie... TOM EID I' ve been shot five times but im still breathing living proof there a god if you need a reason. TUPAC SHAKUR One, two, three, Im gon be crazy and free. NICK Im proud that Im a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a poli... HARRY S TRUMAN Im finally glad to see this move forward, JIM RICE Today my mouth is bigger than my heart.
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
But, I'm sorry. I Love Y... FEMALE IMAGINATION Im telling you, my heart was beating in my throat over the last four holes. This is a huge opportuni... THOMAS AIKEN Im making my own history, so if you're willing to make your own , you would be better prepare yourse... PETER ALMOJUELA CHRISTENSEN I myself am also a small investor in Slack, and one can count four to five IM platforms that were la... JAAN TALLINN Im not looking for perfection, just perfect flaws. KIERRA C.T. BANKS On my first day of Jr. High I was in Geography class, and the teacher asked us if anybody knew the n... JESSICA SIMPSON have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are. LEWIS CARROLL I feel like im in this river just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I'm holding ... BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY Thank god im not too cool for the safebelt. KANYE WEST Beware the Asian Bear!! MICHAEL IM I am not going to stop when i'm exhausted..I only stop when im done..things never done..that is mean... EJUMP SCHIFFLER IM is inherently new to a lot of people, ... There is big gap between regular users and those who fe... FRANCIS COSTELLO
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DARREN O'DONNELL All the possibilities of your human destiny are asleep in your soul. You are here to realize and hon... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you VINCENT O'SULLIVAN We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where ... JOHN O'DONOHUE To love without ownership, to love with total trust and faith in that very love, to love with the sa... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR My feeling on the subject of sex with a man is - don't give it up unless you're willing to give him ... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Life is surreal. When you step back and really take a look at it, the irony is absolute. JULIEANNE O'CONNOR Ladies, you have a ton of power if you just understand the fundamental differences between men and w... JULIEANNE O'CONNOR When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. SEáN O'CASEY You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, th... JENNIFER O'NEILL For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Sometimes, when people speak, I cease listening to their words and zoom in instead on the cadence, a... ROSIE O'DONNELL It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or ... EUGENE O'NEILL It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The world rests in the night. Trees, mountains, fields, and faces are released from the prison of sh... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your noble friend will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your ... JOHN O'DONOHUE The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. JOHN O'DONOHUE If you try to view yourself through the lenses that others offer you, all you will see are distortio... JOHN O'DONOHUE Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are ... JOHN O'DONOHUE We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us. JOHN O'DONOHUE Beauty is the illumination of your soul. JOHN O'DONOHUE Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship i... JOHN O'DONOHUE When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you.... JOHN O'DONOHUE No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entr... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your beloved and your friends were once strangers. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the ... JOHN O'DONOHUE Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore... JOHN O'DONOHUE If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it w... JOHN O'DONOHUE Every friendship travels at sometime through the black valley of despair. This tests every aspect of... JOHN O'DONOHUE All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and... JOHN O'DONOHUE You are as young as you feel. If you begin to feel the warmth of your soul, there will be a youthful... JOHN O'DONOHUE Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits. JOHN O'DONOHUE