Quote on the road less traveled

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A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough, that poet is dead.

~ Lemony Snicket

Quote on the road less traveled

Source: Favim

A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used. The poet found that the road less traveled was peaceful but quite lonely, and he was probably a bit nervous as he went along, because if anything happened on the road less traveled, the other travelers would be on the road more frequently traveled and so couldn't hear him as he cried for help. Sure enough, that poet is dead.

~ Lemony Snicket

It's Raining In Love

I don't know what it is,

but I distrust myself

when I start to like a girl

a lot.

It makes me nervous.

I don't say the right things

or perhaps I start

to examine,

evaluate,

compute

what I am saying.

If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"

and she says, "I don't know,"

I start thinking : Does she really like me?

In other words

I get a little creepy.

A friend of mine once said,

"It's twenty times better to be friends

with someone

than it is to be in love with them."

I think he's right and besides,

it's raining somewhere, programming flowers

and keeping snails happy.

That's all taken care of.

BUT

if a girl likes me a lot

and starts getting real nervous

and suddenly begins asking me funny questions

and looks sad if I give the wrong answers

and she says things like,

"Do you think it's going to rain?"

and I say, "It beats me,"

and she says, "Oh,"

and looks a little sad

at the clear blue California sky,

I think : Thank God, it's you, baby, this time

instead of me.

~ Richard Brautigan

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Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors, where it is harder to get a splinter.
~ Lemony Snicket

It's Raining In Love

I don't know what it is,

but I distrust myself

when I start to like a girl

a lot.

It makes me nervous.

I don't say the right things

or perhaps I start

to examine,

evaluate,

compute

what I am saying.

If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"

and she says, "I don't know,"

I start thinking : Does she really like me?

In other words

I get a little creepy.

A friend of mine once said,

"It's twenty times better to be friends

with someone

than it is to be in love with them."

I think he's right and besides,

it's raining somewhere, programming flowers

and keeping snails happy.

That's all taken care of.

BUT

if a girl likes me a lot

and starts getting real nervous

and suddenly begins asking me funny questions

and looks sad if I give the wrong answers

and she says things like,

"Do you think it's going to rain?"

and I say, "It beats me,"

and she says, "Oh,"

and looks a little sad

at the clear blue California sky,

I think : Thank God, it's you, baby, this time

instead of me.

~ Richard Brautigan

______________________________________

Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the highest branch, or you might simply get covered in sap, and for this reason many people choose to spend their time alone and indoors, where it is harder to get a splinter.
~ Lemony Snicket