It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living, I want to know what you ache for. It doesn’t interest me how old you are, I want to know if you are willing to risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine. It doesn’t interest me where you live or how rich you are, I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and be sweet to the ones you love. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep in the empty moments of your life.
—Jon Blais (via simply-quotes)
(Source: simply-quotes, via simply-quotes)
http://www.upworthy.com/this-womans-beef-with-prettiness-will-leave-you-speechless?g=3
Absolutely indredible…Katie Makkai’s Beef With Prettiness will leave you speechless.
National Poetry Slam 2002
tylerknott.com

