6 Quotes by stephen christian

If isolation is the furnace of transformation, I could be ashes by now.

he must think i am a complete moron, so i might as well just shut my mouth like i do, that way i look introspective and quasi deep when in all reality i am thinking about the frozen burrito i had last night and how it compared to the taco bell burrito i had the night before that; wondering which is better nutritiously speaking.

but my favorite part of the used bookstore is the fact that the books are used. i love to read a book that someone else has previously owned and underlined all their favorite passages. if they have written in the columns the book is worth double its weight, its like not only do you read what the author is saying but what the other reader is feeling.

i've come to realize that if we dictate our thoughts we can ordain and direct our lives. there was once a philosopher names descartes who said 'i think therefore i am' he was speaking of existence but i believe he could have expounded on his idea and said 'what i think therefore i am' because it is not what we are but what we believe we are that molds us into reality.

i am reminded of a song that would not make it on the radio in the timeframe of his current state of unrest. it was by a man named louis armstrong, who did not know the same respect and freedoms as his musical counterparts today. instead of writing about the familiarities that surrounded him, like oppression and racism, he sang a song called "(what) a wonderful world.

its amazing how we are the composite of everyone we have ever met. it appears to me as of late that we are interwoven with people.