#akin

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives. ↗

— Kiki Smith

#art-making #art

Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#courage #destiny #fate-happiness #following-your-life-s-path #inspiring-quotes

What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside? ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#celebrity-culture #celebrity-gossip #celebutard #dark-humor #fake

Travis was going to be a part of that, and if he wouldn’t let me save him, I had to save myself. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#love #saving-yourself #smart-people #beauty

Mrs Forrester ... sat in state, pretending not to know what cakes were sent up, though she knew, and we knew, and she knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew that we knew, she had been busy all the morning making tea-bread and sponge-cakes. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#cakes #humor #modesty #pretense #tea-parties

C'mon, you're gonna get upset sometimes. Breaking up is a shitty business. Someone always gets hurt. This time it happens to be you. ↗

— Alexandra Potter

#love #business

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your ememies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and your judgment. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#mostly-true #courage

when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets lost -- the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. the whole shape has changed. ↗

— David Levithan

#change

While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting. ↗

— Dan Millman

#thinking #change

There's no point in making films unless you intend to show us something special, otherwise just go out and watch a play. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#go #intend #just #making #no point