D3lf61 - Diary Of Illusions

The Now

The past is a dream, the future a consideration, who knows what the present means, who knows what the now is?

Separation of young children, in fact any children, from their carer is child abuse, and I would love to see those who initiated and implemented this policy charged with this offence.

“It wasn’t called blaxploitation until I put my feet in the men’s shoes. Men had done the same type of formulaic films before I did. It wasn’t until I stepped in their shoes that they said, ‘Well, these movies are for a black audience.’ I was creating the market for films about women fighting back and using sexuality’.” -Pam Grier

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia (via leafeaterx)

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucious (via leafeaterx)

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (via leafeaterx)

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Aristotle (via leafeaterx)