Only when you are dangerous are you truly equal to the world. (Daniel Hecht, Bones of the Barbary Coast)
By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America’s hegemony lasted exactly five years
By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America’s hegemony lasted exactly five years. (Gore Vidal)
Sometimes the hardest thing within doing something challenging is deciding to commit to do it
Sometimes the hardest thing within doing something challenging is deciding to commit to do it (Andi Jones, Living Without Limits: A Memoir by Andi Jones)
Life and death lived inside each other. That’s what occured to me. Death was inside all of us, waiting for warmer nights, a compromised system, a beetle, as in the now dying black timber on the mountains
Life and death lived inside each other. That’s what occured to me. Death was inside all of us, waiting for warmer nights, a compromised system, a beetle, as in the now dying black timber on the mountains (Peter Heller, The Dog Stars)
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them
I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them (Elizabeth Taylor)
Suffering softens the soul
Suffering softens the soul (Lailah Gifty Akita)
If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another’s well-being is more important than one’s own
If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another’s well-being is more important than one’s own (Melissa de la Cruz, Lost in Time)
if you fix a bug, sometimes there’s no guarantee won’t bring up another bug – cG9sYXJhZGl0aWE=
if you fix a bug, sometimes there’s no guarantee won’t bring up another bug – cG9sYXJhZGl0aWE=
A woman is only as beautiful as she believes she is, if she can’t convince herself, no one else can
A woman is only as beautiful as she believes she is, if she can’t convince herself, no one else can (Theresa Lewis, The Beauty of a Black Woman: A Collection of Poems & Prayers)
We are free up to the point of choice then the choice controls the chooser
We are free up to the point of choice then the choice controls the chooser (Mary Crowley)