Those Damn Quotes

the ones you can't get out of your head

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I'd think about it for a week I'd build it up and then I'd turn him down

“God Help the Girl”, Stuart Murdoch

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Alcee Arobin's manner was so genuine that it often deceived even himself.

Kate Chopin, The Awakening

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There was a perpetual smile in his eyes, which seldom failed to awaken a corresponding cheerfulness in any one who looked into them and listened to his good-humored voice. His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent. He possessed a good figure, a pleasing face, not overburdened with depth of thought or feeling; and his dress was that of the conventional man of fashion.

Kate Chopin, The Awakening

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And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones, 'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs. Setting fire to our insides for fun

Daughter, “Youth”

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If evil were a lesser breed than justice, after all these years the righteous would have cleansed the world of sin

OK Go, "The House Wins"

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And, oh, I still need you But what good's that gonna do? Needing is one thing, and getting... getting's another.

OK Go, "Need/Getting"

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And I ran back to that hollow again The moon was just a sliver back then And I ached for my heart like some tin man

Gregory Alan Isakov, "Stable Song"

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Honey, I saw love. See, it came to me. It put its face up to my face so I could see. Then I saw love disfigure me Into something I am not recognizing.

Phosphorescent, "Song for Zula"

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One thing they don't tell you 'bout the blues When you got em: You keep on fallin' cause there ain't no bottom, There ain't no end. 'Least not for Lillian

Emmylou Harris, "Red Dirt Girl"

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Mama whispered softly, "Time will ease your pain. Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same." And she said, "How can I help you to say goodbye? It's okay to hurt, and it's okay to cry. Come, let me hold you, and I will try. How can I help you to say goodbye?"

Patty Loveless, "How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye"

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How the faces of love change, turning the pages And I have changed, oh but you, you remain ageless

Stevie Nicks, "Crystal"

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Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one And history books forgot about us And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once

Regina Spektor, "Samson"

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There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees, and the sky is a painful blue.

Stan Rogers, "Forty-Five Years"

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The day has dawned, and I am practicing my purpose once again.

Gabe Dixon Band, "All Will Be Well"

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Let your path be the sound of your feet upon the ground

Fun., "Carry On"

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If I had my way, if I had my way, if I had my way, I'd tear this building down

traditional (Blind Willie Johnson), "If I Had My Way, I Would Tear This Building Down"

This song reminds me of Ferguson.  Tradition has it that Blind Willie Johnson stood in front of a courthouse in the deep south in the 1920s and sang this song, and I can't help but think that the building he's talking about is the justice system.

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They love each other more and more each day (They care about each other!)

Randy Newman, "Good News"