Year

Sometimes, a year can instill virtues people cannot.

Lust

Lust is love spelt under the influence.

Courtesy

Spare me the courtesy you think before extending.

Woman

The woman I will love should know I'm looking forward to meeting her.

Nail

Nail a wall any harder and you'll have yourself a vent.

Thongs

Two thongs make a sight.

God

Experiences craft the God we know.

Journey

The journey moulds, your feet wear you down.

Opinions

Opinions should come with broadcast rights.

Wind

The wind in some windows beats the sun in most sunroofs.

Rebellion

Our minds are programmed to comply, rebellion is a wonder drug.

Friends

People are used, friends are engineered.

Toast

Raise a toast when it hurts the most.

Somewhere

To get somewhere, one must forsake the somewhats.

Regret

My only regrets are things I have or haven't done.

Life

Life will always show you the means to work around two conflicting interests.

Fate

Fate is the easiest to blame.

Beat

The beat of one echoes the anxiety of another.

Storm

A storm brews where the winds go still.

Street

Love is a one way street without traffic rules.

Build

The heart is broken most by one who helps build it.

Isolation

It's easier to isolate oneself from a situation than isolate a situation from oneself.

Time

Time is double-edged, it breaks as easily as it heals.

Work

Work is an uninvited guest, much like Santa.

Patience

Patience is the cure for doubt.

Ideal

You can idolise an ideal, never idealise an idol.

Home

Of all the places I have lived, I prefer the human mind.

Ache

Some aches are good, some troubles worth living.

Memories

Memories aren't good or bad, they're facts that elicit a label when visited.

Responsibility

Every man is born with the responsibility for one over himself.

Happiness

The happiness I seek cannot be measured in the approval of others.

Judgement

Judgement is society's instinct.

Change

It takes two people to complete change.

Prove

Those who believe they have nothing to prove end up surprising the world.

Fortune

Fortune favours the naive.

Knowledge

Knowledge is learnt, wisdom is imbibed.

Hate

Hate is a strong word only second to acceptance.

Contentment

Make peace with the world and you'll find more within.

Puzzle

Each one of us is a puzzle only one can solve.

Time

Time flies faster when you choose to ignore its presence.

Different

Being different is the foremost cliche of our times.

Reason

At times, I wish my reason was more reasonable.

Taken

There's no end to the things that can be taken from you.

Smiling

Smiling is a task, keep at it.

Imagination

Our lives are far too significant to be spent living inside another's imagination.

Curiosity

Curiosity kills the chat.

Age

Age is just a number, it increases by one every year.

Life

The sport called life warrants a seasoned spectator.

Love

Love breaks before making.

Man

One man can.

Bias

The only way to avoid taking a side is to keep the coin spinning.

Dignity

Dignity softens the hardest blow.

What

'What is.' supercedes 'What if?'.

Ambition

Some ambitions outlive individuals.

Why

The best answer to 'Why?' is 'So?'.

Weapon

Anger is a shield, silence a weapon.

Freedom

Freedom commands the highest price.

God

God is more umpire than referee.

Mind

The mouth is the exit of the mind.

Emotions

Feelings age, emotions mature.

Deserve

It's easy to say you don't deserve something once you have it.

Story

Some stories deserve to be sold.

Chase

There are two roles to every chase.

Obvious

Stating the obvious is subtle self-assurance.

Rage

It takes an ounce of calm to tame a pound of rage.

Humidity

Sweat is doubt.

Match

All it takes to light up the darkest night is a matchstick.

History

A history that can be rewritten isn't one worth having.

Light

The Sun and the firefly are known for the same virtue.

Friend

A friend who demonstrates is worth more than one that speaks.

Game

The game you play is destined to play you when you least expect.

Loss

A loss that doesn't kill you isn't absolute.

Man

Man is a greater accomplishment than the sum of his actions.

Remember

Remember me for the times I made you forget the world.

Swing

I am not a mood swing you can humour at will.

Radio

Radio killed the traffic light star.

Freedom

Freedom lies not within, but without.

Right

Every wrong is an idea in its own right.

Fears

Apprehensions make fears come true.

Energy

We are walking reactors of infinite energy.

Faith

A sizeable portion of faith is ignorance.

You

You are a thought sprawled across the canvas of my realization.

Fight

There is a fight in me, it's called every day.

Interaction

The key to interaction is first deciding what someone means to you.

Sand

A grain of sand is worth more in an hourglass than on the shore.

Love

Love is the delight in watching another live out your dream.

I

I know I can, so I will.

Faith

Faith makes optimists of the unworthy.

Surprise

When you think it can't get any better, it will.

Live

To live for one, you must first die to the world.

Evangelism

The line between evangelist and whore is the easiest to cross over.

Rain

When the dead cry, it rains.

Arguments

Most arguments are won by silence.

Seclusion

Seclusion makes the world a safer place.

Outlaw

Conformists are seldom remembered.

Vision

Vision takes you where sight cannot.

Song

Of all the songs you have to sing, gratitude is the hardest.

Fear

Fear makes for great television.

Inquisitive

An inquisitive mind lives a life half answered.

Push

A mind free of imagination has never been pushed.

Edge

The sword is sharpest near the hilt.

Night

Nights are coloured by forgotten inhibitions.

Return

No matter where one goes, they have to return to change.

Burden

It takes a patient ear to realise Atlas isn't alone.

Helplessness

The answer to helplessness is a change of perspective.

Giving

To give, one must first learn to forgo.

Exception

Never make an exception hoping it will be made for you.

Love

Believing you're responsible for someone's happiness is the beginning of love.

Shadows

We are shadows of our future selves.

Pictures

Each step presents you with a million pictures.

Music

Good music reminding someone of you is a compliment like no other.

Equillibrium

Equillibrium is harder to spell than it is to achieve.

Home

To an open mind, there's no place unlike home.

Listeners

Listeners are only as good as those they listen to.

Love

Love is festered, hate is nurtured.

Circles

You know you aren't moving in the right circles if your work garners more appreciation when shared by another.

Wine

Age like wine, go down like cognac.

Flying

The fear of flying makes appendices of wings.

Silence

Silence can be lethal.

Hell

The road to hell is laden with hitchhikers to heaven.

Hate

Indifference to hate makes one stronger.

Paradox

The pittance we lose takes precedence over the millions we win.

Seek

Those who seek the truth need to find themselves first.

Innocence

The return to innocence is one laughter away.

Crazy

The sane survive, the crazy live.

Saint

The saint outside masks the sinner within.

Debts

Some debts mature when you least expect.

Aches

The heart aches for many but breaks for one.

Conscience

Conscience is the only adversary worth losing to.

Imagination

When the truth fails, imagination will set you free.

Doubt

The fallacies of the mind begin and end with doubt.

Trigger

Most shots are fired even before the trigger is pulled.

Focus

With both feet on the pedal, one often loses sight of the road.

Life

Life is what happens when you're debating the long and short of it.

Shelter

The most comforting shelter lies within an open heart.

Futility

Never proclaim tomorrow's helplessness if you're unwilling to do something about it today.

Indifference

Indifference is an effective vent to anger.

Cure

No doctor can cure someone who doesn't want to be healed.

Freedom

Freedom is like sex, we're indifferent when we have it but turn the world upside down when we aren't getting any.

Music

Music is the libido of the soul.

Understand

I don't expect you to understand, to respect is good enough.

Myself

Considering the amount of time we've spent together, I may as well have gotten married to myself.

Fear

Fear is the forerunner of insecurity.

Maturity

Maturity is measured in acceptance.

Fate

Fate cures all uncertainities.

Fall

Every fall makes the getting up easier.

Seasons

Love, anger, hate and remorse are the four seasons of man.

Instinct

For every instinct caged, two desires are set free.

Eagle

The eagle flies where the wind blows hardest.

Drowning

Drowning is a choice best made underwater.

Far

Someone is only as far as you want them to be.

Thorn

Every flower picked is a thorn cast aside.

Humidor

More than cigars among cigarettes, few aspire to become humidors.

Visionary

A visionary is characterized by an innate ability to piss the world off.

Night

The darkest night is illuminated by the simplest realization.

Give

What you give makes you smile more than the things you receive.

Fate

He who feeds the world is destined to dine alone.

Resistance

Resistance begets wistfulness.

Invaluable

Losing what you treasure the most teaches you something equally invaluable.

Shiver

Each shiver is a tiny struggle to survive.

Laughter

Laughter masks a million years of sorrow.

Step

Each unmindful step is a leap of faith.

Goodbye

The warmest hellos have the saddest goodbyes.

Understanding

Understanding is a virtue best enjoyed by those who don't possess it.

Joke

The funniest jokes are lived through.

Fear

Those who live in fear could use another life.

Nothing

The sweetest nothings stem from a thoughtful mind.

City

A city you spend a few hours visiting can teach you more than one you've grown up in.

Today

The romance of today lies in the fact that it will become history tomorrow.

Song

Songs are best judged by their aftertastes.

Regret

A trail of regret makes the journey less intriguing.

Idea

Borrowed wisdom is worth more than stolen ideas.

Disappointment

Disappointments have a tendency of vanishing with lowered expectations.

Pain

Feeling a pain that isn't yours could be the remedy you were seeking.

Charm

The charm in loving someone is never knowing how much they love you.

Fool

Affection is fire to a fool's heart.

Contentment

A content being is one devoid of ambition.

Sleep

Sleep is the sex of a lazy mind.

Value

Value is directly proportional to distance.

Length

The length you're willing to travel towards someone determines how important they are to you.

Progress

The greatest impediment to progress is the amount of interest we put into the lives of others as opposed to our own.

Passion

One can never be passionate about something without being obsessed by it first.

Anticipation

Anticipation is an educated assumption.

Love

Every love is a victim of hate.

Right

The right person makes you want to stop being right about things.

Most

The least one can do is often the most another expects.

Advertising

Advertising is a vocation that teaches you about every profession.

Interesting

Those with no enemies are less interesting than those with no friends.

Romance

Yesterday's romances shape tomorrow's wishlist.

Rain

A few drops of rain can brighten any story.

Anarchy

Anarchy is an institution.

Example

Each day is your own example to learn from.

Regret

What made you smile doesn't deserve regret.

Afterlife

Too much love will kill you, a little more will extend the afterlife.

Lust

The night isn't long enough to contain our lusts.

Maintenance

Anything is harder to keep going than to begin.

Disdain

All it takes to appreciate oneself is observing another.

Hate

Contrary to popular opinion, hate can be heartfelt.

Recap

A moment remembered is a moment worth living thrice over.

Full

A heart can never be full enough for one more love.

Escape

The closest escape route lies within a tear gland.

Words

The one you love deserves all the nice things you haven't yet said.

Star

Every star dies, but is remembered for the moments it illuminates.

Nothing

Minutes spent staring at the one you love are worth more than hours of conversation with those you don't.

Dawn

A smiling face greeting him is the best dawn a man could wish for.

Predictability

Love leaves little room for predictability.

Joy

Those who find joy in small things are often affected by the smallest of them.

Thoughtful

When I stop thinking about myself, the world appears more thoughtful.

Heat

The fire of one raging heart can heat two beings.

Love

Love is a surprise that spends ages in the making.

Hold

How you hold someone is a reflection of how you like being held.

Dream

There's no greater joy than dreaming about someone one moment and waking up beside them the next.

Hopelessness

The knowledge that drowning is inevitable makes the ocean look more inviting.

Accident

Some accidents are worth living within.

Fire

It takes two to start a fire and one to douse it.

Song

A song can make your heart soar one day and clip your wings the next.

Foreplay

There is no fair play in foreplay.

Love

Love is a mystery that loses its charm once explained.

Circumstance

Circumstance has a tendency to disappoint in a crescendo.

Rage

Rage is a beast best kept untamed.

Envy

Envy makes a fool of the wisest sage.

Thought

A pleasant thought can dictate an entire day.

Sideline

Those who snigger from the sidelines tend to be sidelined for life.

Clone

It takes one more of you to make you realize your worth.

Trap

Each unpretentious moment is a trap, and I, a happy victim.

Importance

The importance you receive decreases with the importance you shower.

Imperfections

I'm perfect in my imperfections.

Recipe

The recipe to happiness is a heart whose beats harmonize with yours.

Emotion

When time stands still, emotion flows.

How

How you are matters more than who you are.

Memories

The only things I'm fond of collecting are memories.

Chemistry

The chemistry between two bodies defies the laws of physics.

Remember

I'd prefer being remembered for anything I helped you achieve, than everything I did for myself.

Moment

A moment shared is a loneliness diminished.

Breath

Few things take your breath away, fewer bring it back.

Utopia

My utopian sensibilities die with me.

Time

Knowing it won't last forever lets you make the most of the little time you have.

Lips

Some lips kiss, a few melt.

Electricity

The electricity between two bodies can spark a revolution.

Live

When you live for yourself, the world around you will fall in place.

Emotions

Emotions are far too precious to be wasted on just about anyone.

Smiles

A battle of smiles always has two winners.

Figure

The infinitesimal inconsistencies of this incorrigible incarnation invoke an incandescent insipid incantation.

Suffer

Why should we suffer in silence when a little volume never hurt anyone?

Man

The best a man can get isn't good enough.

Time

Time is the constant that balances the equation called life.

Thoughts

I'm nothing, but without thoughts I'd be far less.

Hate

I could hate myself more, but then I'd have to turn into you.

Rock

I threw a rock and the sea threw back a tsunami.

Introspection

Introspection is an endless wanderlust.

Chase

Manipulation kills the thrill of a chase.

Accommodation

An unaccommodating attitude is a disappointment in disguise.

Rise

I die each night to the world in the hope of rising to myself the following day.

Salvation

My salvation lies sprawled across a million smiles.

Rain

Each walk in the rain unveils my desire to be purged of conformity.

Life

It's short.

Day

When we compare each day to the one before, the one after loses all meaning.

Slow

Taking it slow makes sense only when there isn't anyone waiting to get ahead.

Do

There's only so much you can do with time, and much less without.

Machine

Rejection oils the carnal machine.

Preconceptions

We are what our preconceptions are meant to prevent us from becoming.

Promise

The receiving end of a drunken promise isn't the most flattering.

Life

Life's too sweet to be left at the mercy of a sour razor blade.

Figure

The day you figure me out is the day I cease to exist.

Scars

The deepest scars are those that can't be seen.

Answer

Why do people ask questions they already know the answers to?

Another

Each one wanting to be another fails to realize the universe is losing an individual in the process.

Reality

The happiest of beginnings is often missing a reality check.

Joy

An ounce of joy is the most noble legacy one can pass on.

Competition

The coming day is my only competition.

Understanding

To fathom the things another goes through is as good as changing yourself into someone else.

Time

Age makes us wiser, time stronger.

Anxiety

The anxieties we foster are worth no more than a glass of wine.

Dance

Dance is the laughter of the soul.

Optimism

You can dash my hopes but you can't kill my optimism.

Eccentricity

My eccentricities overpower my better judgement.

Victor

To the victor belong the toils.

Hate

We hate, to be hated in return, and love, only to be hated more.

Myself

The only reason I started loving myself is I couldn't love you any more.

Line

Many realize where to draw the line only after travelling a mile past it.

Dance

The body has a mind of its own and speaks out through dance.

Surrender

Surrendering oneself to another is a joy seldom experienced today.

Wait

Those who wait for others to make things happen are most likely to encounter those who wait for others to make things happen.

Monster

The night makes a monster of the minnow.

Celebration

The most memorable celebrations are those that happen by chance.

Tunnel

More than the light at the end, some seek the tunnel itself.

Delirium

The imaginarium of delirium is a continuum arising from the perineum.

Words

Words without second meanings are words worth remembering.

Eccentricity

Each eccentricity you discover in yourself is God's way of pulling your leg.

Trick

The futility of existence comes to light when an act of love is reduced to a petty trick.

Familiarity

Familiarity is the best advantage you can offer a foe.

Fly

You mightn't need wings to fly, but you sure as hell require the motivation.

Rage

Unexpected sweetness is often rage camouflaged.

Growing

Half the growing up is in the toning down.

God

The God we seek is a reflection of the good we do.

Optimism

Optimism is a blind man's only shot at sight.

Wisdom

Wisdom is toiling realizing your efforts are futile in the grander scheme of things.

Respect

To be respected by those you respect is an honour second to none.

Genius

Every stroke of genius is a potent anesthetic.

Accident

Most of the things we grow to become certain of, have their beginnings in an accident.

Civility

Bricks exhibit greater civil behaviour than some people.

Honesty

Honesty makes even the strangest bedfellows disappear.

Sympathy

The tendency to feed on sympathy makes us human, and parasites eventually.

Belief

In order to start believing in yourself, you need to know who you are.

Escapism

When you're running away from yourself, the world joins in the chase.

Deception

The sickest mind has the face of an angel.

Penance

A penny given is a penance performed.

News

Bad news doesn't have a speed limit.

Con

The only job some people ever get, is a con.

Giving

The more of me I subtract, the more I add to someone else.

Resistance

The path of most resistance is set to default.

Falling

Would you rather someone keep you from falling or lift you up once you have?

Indifference

Indifference is often mistaken for spite.

Humilty

Humility determines most outcomes.

Love

There is no such thing as an ordinary love story.

Religion

The absence of religion would leave science with nothing to prove.

Science

Without science, religion would be boring.

Disappointment

I have less regrets than I have disappointments.

Loss

One man's loss is another man's mistake.

Sarcasm

Sarcasm is a clown's best friend.

Twist

What's life changing isn't the twist in the tale, but the learning that follows.

Music

Of all the essentials for survival, music is the only one invented by man.

Line

A line a day keeps bad grammar away.

Pain

There's no limit to the pain one heart can endure.

Loneliness

Loneliness is a choice.

Eagles

Eagles know no fear, then again they don't know half the things we humans do.

Stone

When the tears run dry, a heart of stone remains.

Sorrow

A man of sorrow rarely looks the part.

Connections

Love begins where connections cease.

Challenges

Challenges are the strongest adjectives.

Better

As good as it gets tends to get much better.

Controversy

Controversy is the father of fame.

Acceptance

Acceptance heals the deepest wound.

Love

Love knows no prerequisites.

Change

Change is a chain reaction.

Soul

A soul worth selling is never bought.

Breathe

Only when you've been hurt will you listen to yourself breathe.

Search

The search for oneself is never ending, so is the search for love.

Complicated

Our lives are far too complicated for the simplest gesture to make the slightest sense.

Vengeance

Vengeance is a byproduct of love.

Attention

All it takes to draw attention is standing still.

Sympathy

Understanding and sympathy are so easily confused with each other.

Patience

Patience kills vulnerability.

Camouflage

To conceal oneself in plain view is an art not many can master.

Dependency

Each dependency is an impediment to actualization.

Smiles

Time heals all wounds, smiles speed up the process.

Showman

When the craving for adulation dies, a showman is born.

Self

To be certain of who you are is to kiss every uncertainity goodbye.

Revisit

Sometimes, revisiting a routine can be more fulfilling than doing something you've never done.

Giving

Our lives are measured in the moments we gift another.

Song

A heart in song is warmer than most.

Miracle

Each thoughtful act is a miracle waiting to happen.

God

God resides at the crossroads of humility and gratitude.

Broken

It takes one broken heart to heal another.

Simplicity

The intricacies of simplicity baffle me.

Verge

Each one is always on the verge of something consequential.

Lonely

'Alone' and 'lonely' aren't the same thing.

Mum

Home without mum is like coke without rum.

Happiness

The things that make us happiest are of our own doing.

Proximity

Those closest to you aren't necessarily the ones who want you the most.

Home

Home is where the heartache is.

Empty

I'd rather be an empty vessel than an overflowing sewer.

Ignorance

Ignorance is bliss, as long as you don't wake up.

2011

When the year shows you two fingers, it's time to show the world one and move on.

New

The desire to experience something new doesn't have an expiry date.