Life is Full of Little Quotes

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be? "

my favourite poetry

Ithaka
Constantine Cavafy

As you set out for Ithaka

hope your road is a long one,

full of adventure, full of discovery.

Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon

- don't be afraid of them

you'll never find things like that on on your way

as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

as long as a rare sensationtouches your spirit and your body.

Laistrygonians, Cyclops, wild Poseidon

- you won't encounter them

unless you bring them along inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope your road is a long one.

May there be many summer mornings when,

with what pleasure, what joy,you enter harbours

you're seeing for the first time;

may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfumes of every kind

-as many sensual perfumes as you can;

and may you visit many Egyptian cities

to learn and go on learning from those who know.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you're destined for.

But don't hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you're old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you've gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you wouldn't have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor,

Ithaka won't have fooled you.

Wise as you have become,

so full of experience,

you'll have understood by then

what these Ithakas mean

blog baru no 4

cape banget bikin blog baru mlulu...
gara-gara kebodohan ni...blog pertama bikin setengah jalan, eh terus ga beres. blog kedua berhasil dengan sukses, udah sempat posting malah, tapi beberapa hari kemudian aq lupa username/password buat sign-innya...ga matching terus, hehehe...setelah beberapa kali nyoba akhirnya nyerah. blog ketiga bikin setengah jalan, terus ga beres juga...(ketuker-tuker username, password, n alamat urlnya dengan blog2 sebelumnya, akhirnya pusing sendiri),n akhirnya berhasil juga, ini blog ke empatku...bodoh ya..
tapi kali ini aq sudah sedia payung sebelum hujan. user name, password, n alamat urlnya aq catat di agendaku, dijamin ga akan lupa,kecuali agendanya ada yang nyolong..^,^
moga-moga blog ini jadinya indah, n rame....
siap-siap......nulis sebanyak mungkin kata-kata indah...