I’ve had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man. (Jamie Foxx)
Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention
Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention (Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game)
Everything that flickered could be made permanent. That was what drew him to photography, what made every painstaking step worth it: the permanence of the image. That was what fascinated him, the working against time..
Everything that flickered could be made permanent. That was what drew him to photography, what made every painstaking step worth it: the permanence of the image. That was what fascinated him, the working against time.. (Katie Roiphe, Still She Haunts Me)
Very often when you see families it’s all perfect and neat, and parenting isn’t like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids
Very often when you see families it’s all perfect and neat, and parenting isn’t like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids (Clive Owen)
The greater evil who is in-When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the painOr he who pays for the sin? – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
The greater evil who is in-When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the painOr he who pays for the sin? – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around
Well, if a Little Fuzzy finds a door open, I’d like to know why he shouldn’t come in and look around (H. Beam Piper)
Persevere with a positive attitude – Michael Jordan – Sharon Hughson
Persevere with a positive attitude – Michael Jordan – Sharon Hughson.
the lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end
the lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end (Charles Bukowski, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit)
There is no way of stopping death, not here. You can prolong it. But at some point, it is bound to catch up to you
There is no way of stopping death, not here. You can prolong it. But at some point, it is bound to catch up to you (Nicole Sobon, The Yearning)
The only crime of the Government is that it governs. The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme. I do not curse you for being cruel. I do not curse you (though I might) for being kind. I curse you for being safe! – G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The only crime of the Government is that it governs. The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme. I do not curse you for being cruel. I do not curse you (though I might) for being kind. I curse you for being safe! – G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare