It is quite common for people to focus on the problem rather than the solutions. (Steven Redhead, Life Is Simply A Game)
Kate grasped her small handbag and pulled a small blue vial and threw it into the grinding mass. It shattered harmlessly, causing two creatures to pause with a look of confusion.”What is that potion?” Simon asked.Kate stared as the two undead things began to shuffle forward again. She glanced into her purse. “Damn it! That was my perfume
Kate grasped her small handbag and pulled a small blue vial and threw it into the grinding mass. It shattered harmlessly, causing two creatures to pause with a look of confusion.”What is that potion?” Simon asked.Kate stared as the two undead things began to shuffle forward again. She glanced into her purse. “Damn it! That was my perfume. (Clay Griffith, The Undying Legion)
It’s true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus
It’s true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus (Erin Bow)
Yesterday I thought about why I felt the need to get up at exactly the same time as the day before and do everything I did the day before. Why? What compels any of us to do the things we do when deep down a part of us just wants to break free from it all? – J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never
Yesterday I thought about why I felt the need to get up at exactly the same time as the day before and do everything I did the day before. Why? What compels any of us to do the things we do when deep down a part of us just wants to break free from it all? – J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never
Caterpillars can fly, if they just lighten up
Caterpillars can fly, if they just lighten up (Scott J. Simmerman Ph.D.)
I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you’re stuck
I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you’re stuck (Jim Parsons)
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long – such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long – such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority (Gary Zukav)
The onslaught of scruples is a problem well attested in the spiritual life, especially among the young, where religious observances must be done perfectly to achieve a certain result
The onslaught of scruples is a problem well attested in the spiritual life, especially among the young, where religious observances must be done perfectly to achieve a certain result (Philip Zaleski, The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams)
it is horrible being all alone
it is horrible being all alone (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)
Without compassion for a fellow man, for great splendors of our Sister, Mother Earth the humankind will never reconcile with itself
Without compassion for a fellow man, for great splendors of our Sister, Mother Earth the humankind will never reconcile with itself (Vinko Vrbanic)