#age

Ce n'était qu'un renard semblable à cent mille autres. Mais j'en ai fait mon ami, et il est maintenant unique au monde. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#children-s-books #foreign-language #french #friendship #friendship

As I was driving down Beach Blvd., I saw a building that said, "Self Storage," and I thought, "I wonder if my ego could possibly fit in just one unit. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #self-storage #funny

And then I recalled those mysterious stories about the waxworkers of the middle ages and the public reprobation attached to their trade. Did they not live in cellars, in the eternal twilight propitious for enchantments and apparitions? Their visionary art (who, more than they, evoked a truer image of life?) was closely related to that of magicians: bewitchments were carried out with wax figures, witch trials are full of them, and one particular legend haunted me above all, that of the modeler from Anspach, who slowly squeezed the soul and the life out of his model in order to animate his painted waxwork and then, having finished his work of art, awaited nightfall to go and bury the corpse in the ditch at the city walls. ↗

— Jean Lorrain

#murder #waxworks #age

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. ↗

— Alphonse Allais

#coffee #drank #puts #sleep

When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#fear #gospel #providence #tragedy #death

Temptation is not to be feared, but controlled. ↗

— Deborah Brodie

#inspirational #inspirational

The difference between sex with David and sex with Stephen is like the difference between science and art. With Stephen it's all empathy and imagination and exploration and the shock of the new, and the outcome is... uncertain, if you know what I mean. I'm engaged by it, but I', mot necessarily sure what its all about. David, on the other hand, presses this button, then that one, and bingo! It's like operating a lift - just as romantic, but actually just as useful. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#sex #art

We are all in the process of becoming, the QUESTION is WHAT? ↗

— Mickey Tumlin

#inspirational #inspirational

Till we recognize what’s sick and messed up about ourselves this world is gonna stay sick and messed up. ↗

— Lacey Sturm

#flyleaf #improvement #inspirational #mosley #nicole

Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#jealousy #marriage #possession #jealousy