#able

You can die trying to get along with a disagreeable man,” she said, and I put a star beside it when I wrote it down and then taped it to the rear-view mirror for the rest of the drive. She hadn’t said “abusive,” I noticed; she had said that just disagreeable could kill you. ↗

— Debby Bull

#killing #marriage #love

Down with the Miserable Moneygrumps ™! ↗

— Melissa D. Stiveson

#how-to #melissa-d-stiveson #melissa-stiveson #miserable-moneygrumps #personal-budget

Be a Cinchy Saver ™! ↗

— Melissa D. Stiveson

#melissa-d-stiveson #melissa-stiveson #miserable-moneygrump #personal-budget #personal-finances

There is an hour of the afternoon when the plain is on the verge of saying something. It never says, or perhaps it says it infinitely, or perhaps we do not understand it, or we understand it and it is untranslatable as music. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#music #plains #understand #untranslatable #music

The music department is going to do a musical next year," he tells me, rolling his eyes like I would. Justine is running toward me, and I can tell by the look on her face that she's found out about the musical, too. I sigh, shaking my head. "I have to give Justine a lesson in holding back," I tell him. "She's just way too enthusiastic". She grabs my arms in excitement. "We're doing Les Mis." I scream hysterically, clutching her as we jump up and down. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#les-miserables #musical #funny

Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#awkward #comfortable #confidence #shy #nature

I don't even know what my natural color is. Natural? What is natural? What is that? I do not believe in totally natural for women. For me, natural has something to do with vegetables ↗

— Donatella Versace

#nature #vegetables #nature

The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are– bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength. ↗

— Charles B. Handy

#handy #strength #comfort

You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#rachel-lynde #l-m-montgomery

I would say exploit the stupid, because they’re expendable and loyal, but it’s a fact: politicians are not loyal. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#exploit #exploitation #fact #loyal #loyalty