She burned too bright for this world. (Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights)
He had seen better days – though these had only served to embitter him against his current circumstances
He had seen better days – though these had only served to embitter him against his current circumstances. (David F. Porteous, Good Witch)
When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up
When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up (Germany Kent)
I believe in mess, tears, pain, self-abasement, loss of self-respect, nakedness. Not caring doesn’t seem much different from not loving
I believe in mess, tears, pain, self-abasement, loss of self-respect, nakedness. Not caring doesn’t seem much different from not loving (Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing)
Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate
Without pain, how could we know joy?’ This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate (John Green, The Fault in Our Stars)
Oh let me live my own! and die so too! (“To live and die is all I have to do:”) Maintain a poet’s dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please
Oh let me live my own! and die so too! (“To live and die is all I have to do:”) Maintain a poet’s dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please (Alexander Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot.)
The greatest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy soul
The greatest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy soul (Lailah Gifty Akita)
Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection
Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection (Victor Hugo)
I can’t protect you from knowledge
I can’t protect you from knowledge (Patricia Briggs, Dragon Bones)
Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it
Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it (Bill Courtney, Against the Grain: A Coach’s Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love)