#age

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted. ↗

— Jonah Lehrer

#age

Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#italy #page- #architecture

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#strength-and-courage #courage

If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. ↗

— John Irving

#courage

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ↗

— George Orwell

#design

...I came across a Haida saying that had etched itself into my memory banks: 'Joy is a well-made object, equaled only to the joy of making it. ↗

— Adam Leith Gollner

#equality

You know," Gabriel said, "there was once a time I thought we could be friends, Will." "There was a time I thought I was a ferret," Will said, "but that turned out to be the opium haze. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#ferret #fun #funny #humor #page-

It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #immortals #teenager #humor

But the future lay open, a thousand kaleidoscopic possibilities with a small quick heartbeat, delicate and impatient ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#inspirational #pages- #inspirational

Nobody likes to life anchors. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#life