People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything (Edwidge Danticat, Krik? Krak!)
But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency
But change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency (Ron D. Burton)
I hold a theory that, sooner or later, if a man but live long enough, certain books destined for his peculiar delight will find him, however obscure they or he may be
I hold a theory that, sooner or later, if a man but live long enough, certain books destined for his peculiar delight will find him, however obscure they or he may be (Vincent Starrett, Books and Bipeds)
Even the most ill-formed words, set to paper, are a great blessing
Even the most ill-formed words, set to paper, are a great blessing (Ruthanna Emrys, Winter Tide)
In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely certain that they have replied “I love you back” and not “I love your back” before you continue the conversation
In love, as in life, one misheard word can be tremendously important. If you tell someone you love them, for instance, you must be absolutely certain that they have replied “I love you back” and not “I love your back” before you continue the conversation. (Lemony Snicket)
Home is where my habits have a habitat – Fiona Apple
Home is where my habits have a habitat – Fiona Apple.
Wherefore is there ice and snow, chilling winds and bitter nights? Is it to mock the earth for its sunshine? No, not so! We forget that sunlight is impossible without shadows; that for every day there is a night; that for every joy there is a pain; that for every laugh there is a sob. Progress is never a straight line upward; always it is down and then around
Wherefore is there ice and snow, chilling winds and bitter nights? Is it to mock the earth for its sunshine? No, not so! We forget that sunlight is impossible without shadows; that for every day there is a night; that for every joy there is a pain; that for every laugh there is a sob. Progress is never a straight line upward; always it is down and then around (W. Waldemar W. Argow)
When we will learn to be nonjudgmental with ourselves and to others this world will see the peace forever
When we will learn to be nonjudgmental with ourselves and to others this world will see the peace forever (Debasish Mridha)
The virtues about marriage were mostly negative virtues. Being unmarried in a man’s world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead
The virtues about marriage were mostly negative virtues. Being unmarried in a man’s world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead (Erica Jong, Fear of Flying)
Mickey holds up the soggy paper. DIE. Don’t you die
Mickey holds up the soggy paper. DIE. Don’t you die (Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces)