#inspiratio

As I prepare to leave she walks with me, half deaf and blind, under several ladders in her living room that balance paint and workmen, into the garden where there is a wild horse, a 1930 car splayed flat on its axles and hundreds of flowering bushes so that her eyes swim out into the dark green and unfocussed purple. There is very little now that separates the house from the garden. Rain and vines and chickens move into the building. Before I leave, she points to a group photograph of a fancy dress party that shows herself and my grandmother Lalla among the crowd. She has looked at it for years and has in this way memorized everyone's place in the picture. She reels off names and laughs at the facial expressions she can no longer see. It has moved, tangible, palpable, into her brain, the way memory invades the present in those who are old, the way gardens invade houses here, the way her tiny body steps into mine as intimate as anything I have witnessed and I have to force myself to be gentle with this frailty in the midst of my embrace. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#family

Nerites told her that he had fifty sisters & he, being the only son of the family, had been given the privilege of examing the genitals of each & every one of his sisters. He told her that Thetis had soft downy pubic hair & so did Amphitrite, Galatea & some others. Whilst others such as Ione, Hippothoe, Polynoe & Sao had thick coarse pubic hair. He also said that all his sisters hid little cups within the folds of their crotches & that these cups gradually filled up with Nectar when touched. ↗

— Nicholas Chong

#family

The ever shining stars represent the blessings from each family members praying for us. ↗

— Amy Poh Ai Ling

#family

Tell the facts even if the person doesn't want to hear them, if they don't like the facts than they can change them. ↗

— Trudy Shourt

#change

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#effort #i #i am #inspirations #make

Inspiration comes from all different places. ↗

— Jeffrey Katzenberg

#different #different places #inspiration #places

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue ↗

— Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

#knowledge-of-the-self #knowledge-wisdom #lessons-in-life #lessons-learned #life

In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration. ↗

— Bil Keane

#circus #family #i #inspiration #our

If our lives were smooth sailing without painful hardships, unexpected disappointments or frustrating challenges, we wouldn't have our own personal testimony as credible evidence revealing God's omnipotent power. ↗

— Dana Arcuri

#hope #inspirational-quotes #faith

Anyone who comes to this house, give him food and do not ask about his faith. Because, as he merits a life next to the exalted God, no doubt he deserves a meal on my table.” ↗

— Abul-Hassan Kharaqani

#faith