Ask yourselfWill i burn in Hell?Then write it downand cast it in the wellThere they areThe mob it cries for bloodTo twist the taleInto fore woodFan the flamesWith a little lieThen turn your cheekUntil the fire diesThe skin it peelsLike the truth, awayWhat it wasI will never say.. (Joshua Homme)
Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more
Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more (Hannah Brencher, If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers)
ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.. you cannot support yourself standing.. you cannot sit up straight. By the end, if you are still alive.. your soul, perfectly awake, is imprisoned inside a limp husk.. like something from a science fiction movie, the man frozen inside his own flesh
ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.. you cannot support yourself standing.. you cannot sit up straight. By the end, if you are still alive.. your soul, perfectly awake, is imprisoned inside a limp husk.. like something from a science fiction movie, the man frozen inside his own flesh (Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie)
The truth is that he wanted to draw a little comfort from gazing at the stars. There were still one or two up there, at the zenith. As always, seeing them revived him; they were distant, they were omnipotent and at the same time they were docile to his calculations; just the contrary to humans, always too near, so weak and yet so quarrelsome
The truth is that he wanted to draw a little comfort from gazing at the stars. There were still one or two up there, at the zenith. As always, seeing them revived him; they were distant, they were omnipotent and at the same time they were docile to his calculations; just the contrary to humans, always too near, so weak and yet so quarrelsome (Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard)
My dad is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet, and the easiest going
My dad is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet, and the easiest going (Serena Williams)
There is a system alright, but the actual element of education has long gone
There is a system alright, but the actual element of education has long gone. (Abhijit Naskar)
Hiking is the best workout!… You can hike for three hours and not even realize you’re working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself
Hiking is the best workout!… You can hike for three hours and not even realize you’re working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself (Jamie Luner)
I’m not working-class: I come from the criminal classes
I’m not working-class: I come from the criminal classes (Peter O’Toole)
Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful
Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful (Benjamin Franklin)
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. (John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature)