C for Courage

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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This post forms a part of the Blogging for A to Z Challenge. A quote a day based on the chosen word. A photograph that means something to me in relation to the word, but may not to you.

I want the colour

“What is it you’re interested in exactly?” the man asked slowly. “Just the color?”
“I think we both know,” said Adrian cunningly. “I want the color. I want the ‘bonus effects.’ And I want it to look badass. You probably can’t even do the design I want.”
“That’s the least of your worries,” said the guy. “I’ve been doing this for years. I can draw anything you want.”
“Yeah? Can you draw a skeleton riding a motorcycle with flames coming out of it? And I want a pirate hat on the skeleton. And a parrot on his shoulder. A skeleton parrot. Or maybe a ninja skeleton parrot? No, that would be overkill. But it’d be cool if the biker skeleton could be shooting some ninja throwing stars. That are on fire.”
“That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” said the tattooist.
“That’s not what the ladies are going to say,” said Adrian”

- Richelle Mead, Bloodlines
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Words. Images. Thoughts. Ideas. Generalizations. Specifics. Stream of Consciousness.
During the month of October, I am going to just watch things fall into place, or not!

I might have been saved

“I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it 

I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.” 

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

...at the same time...

"Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company."

- Anon

My father

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

- Jim Valvano

Imagination

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."

Henry David Thoreau 

... too much space

"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space."

Flashback 2011- August

"So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin' "

... never made a mistake....

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

~ Albert Einstein