#age

You are mortal. You age, you die. If that is not hell, pray tell me, what is? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #death #humans #life #mortal

Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one recovering from disease, a fortunate business deal, a chance meeting with a long lost friend. It wasn't the grand doctrines or the sweeping ideals that seemed to make believers out of men. It was the simple magic in the world around them. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#magic #miracles #religion #simplicity #age

Cry if you must. Scream. Get it all out of your system, and then we'll have fun. It won't last forever, but it will keep you busy for tonight. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#encouragement #friendship #support #travis #beauty

The Cheesecake Factory is a great business model, but if you take your wife there for your 25th wedding anniversary, you might not reach your 26th. ↗

— Scott Adams

#humor #marriage #business

... active wisdom--an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combined with continuing health. [p. 52] ↗

— Mary Catherine Bateson

#age

And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he's gone like a whisper, the easiest breath. ↗

— Mark Doty

#death #dying #kiss #life #old-age

I bet if you look at the average teenager and the average adult, the average teenager has read more books in the last year than the average adult. Now of course the adult would be all like, 'I'm busy, I got a job, I got stuff to do.' WHATEVER! READ! I mean, you're watching CSI: Miami. Why would you be watching CSI: Miami, when you could be READING CSI: Miami, the novelization? ↗

— John Green

#reading #teenagers #business

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#daring #men #business

Love isn't two matching unicycles. Love is a bicycle—and mine just got stolen.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#funny #humor #love #age

I love full on, like 65 mph in a handicapped parking spot.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#car #disabled #funny #handicapped #humor