Quotes

Nothing speaks to an outcast or down trodden individual more than another person’s words. Literally. One struck with insecurities will leech on to a clever spin of words they think represents them. They’ll misconstrue and twist the original meaning of their chosen passage until it fits their situation perfectly. It is all a big delusion. I’m sure that you’re aware that the most cliché culprit is the ever present song lyric.

I asked a connoisseur of this art of repetition what a particular selection of his meant. He could not answer me. He simply recited the origin of the quote and thought nothing more of it. He cannot speak for all people who cite these lines, but all too many are used too hastily and without considering the significance.

I understand that some quotes from songs and poems are meant to talk to us and to be prominently meaningful. Some individuals even go as far as tattooing the language on their bodies. Far too many people overdue it though. I always try to live by the “Everything in moderation” mantra. Too often will you find a human who surrounds themselves with other’s works of word play and colloquialisms. I believe that it is detrimental to originality and creativity.

I don’t wish this to be labeled a rant, but I think that it’s unavoidable. Perhaps I’m just jaded with all of the fakeness. I’m sure if I stayed off of the social networking sites, I’d be far less subjected to the regurgitation of cacophony.