There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.

Life is so full of rough edges - small tasks and expectations that scratch you bloody and remind you that you're naked and alone.

Under the rough and ridiculous circumstances of life in the Rocky Mountains there was something exciting and vital, full of rude poetry: the heartbeat of the West as it fought its way upward toward civilization.

Poems are soft kitten furs. Smoothing out the rough edges of my world.

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.

Sure it could get rough sometimes, but life wasn't a Hollywood movie. Shit happened. You fought, you screamed, and somehow you worked like hell to get out the other side still intact.

An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators.

With callused handsi tastedthe softness of the moonin the coldest windsi discoveredmy soul's warmest fireplacein the roughnessof his stubblethe tenderest love.

The right path is characterised by rough road.

Rough love. Hard, edgy love. Love that made you bleed. Love hard to find, the kind of love you fought to keep.