I do not believe in miracles. I rely on them. —Yogi Bhajan

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alright so we're all
gonna die but now is the
time to sing & see, to be
humble, sacrificed, late,
crazy, talkative, foolish,
proud, indispensable, early
sane, silent, serious


—Jack Kerouac 
Book of Sketches

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Remember, Kid, the ease, the grace, the glory, the greatness of your art; remember it, never forget. Remember passion. 

Do not forget, do not forsake, do not forget.

It is there, the order and the purpose; there is chaos, but not in you, not way down deep in your heart, no chaos, only ease, grace, beauty, love, greatness …


—Jack Kerouac
Atop An Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings

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The year's doors open
like those of language,
toward the unknown. 

Last night you told me: tomorrow
we shall have to think up signs,
sketch a landscape, fabricate a plan
on the double page
of day and paper. 

Tomorrow, we shall have to invent,
once more,
the reality of this world.

—Octavio Paz

January First
Elizabeth Bishop version

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