#act

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening... ↗

— Jeanne DuPrau

#adventure #drama #expedition #tragedy #drama

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#enlightment #humanity #understanding #enlightenment

Luck?" Drizzt replied. "Perhaps. But more often, I dare to say, luck is simply the advantage a true warrior gains in excuting the correct course of action. ↗

— R.A. Salvatore

#advantage #luck #warrior #luck

She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#good-advice #integrity #integrity

Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consciousness #corruption #dangerous #impact #mass-media

If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own. ↗

— Wes "Scoop" Nisker

#media #news #media

I accept the hard reality that I maybe might possibly be just the slightest tiniest littlest bit kinda sorta interested in him. ↗

— Sarah Ockler

#summer

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#tact #wit #wit

I dug through my purse for the Glock. There is was, and I realized I'd never set the safety. I decided to consider this a great example of forethought rather than my being the stupidest gun handler on the planet. ↗

— Gini Koch

#fantasy #homour #sci-fi #sci-fi

Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#masculinity #personal-responsibility #socialism