I was distracted, thinking about what she’d said, until she got to this last part. “Sherman?” I said.She nodded. “That’s John and Craig’s friend. He’s visiting from Shreveport.””Sherman from Shreveport?” I said. “This is the guy you’re determined I go out – Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever.
Devotion to self is necessary. First, place the mask on yourself and breathe deeply. Then help the others. If you don’t save yourself, they will die
Devotion to self is necessary. First, place the mask on yourself and breathe deeply. Then help the others. If you don’t save yourself, they will die (Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants)
If you can’t talk about it, you can’t change it
If you can’t talk about it, you can’t change it (Matt L. Rawlins, There’s an Elephant in the Room)
Patience comes when you wait
Patience comes when you wait (Natalie Hush)
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls (Pablo Picasso)
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously (Asghar Farhadi)
Being a person’s true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest
Being a person’s true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest (Robert Wright, The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology)
A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody’s children, I said, and I am something
A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody’s children, I said, and I am something (Alice Walker, The Color Purple)
God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning
God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning (Joyce Meyer)
Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you
Pray as though everything depends on God. And work as if everything depends on you (Augustine of Hippo)