Neil Gaiman

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight" by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle
   into that good night.
Rage, rage against
   the dying of the light.

"Beekeeper" by Keaton Henson

You all say I've crossed a line,
But the sad fact is I've lost my mind

Cause I'm just getting started, let me offend
The devil's got nothing on me my friend
All I want is to be left alone

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWJT7mo4I0)

Chris Wood

Being a gentleman is about respecting people. Treating your friends like family, keeping a cool head in moments of chaos, taking care of your partner. Prioritize your needs with others' needs, and tend to theirs as often as you can. Be sympathetic. Know what's going on in the world. Care. Don't strive to be an alpha male, just be you. And be you quietly. Don't tell people what a gentleman you are, lead by example.

"i am a woman" by A. J.

I will go to war in a red dress,
trample your ashes in high heels,
look for my lipstick stain on your collar
when I lean forwards not to kiss you,
but to whisper:
“I win.”

D. C. L.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Tyler Kent White

Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.

All she wanted was the effort she gave.