#ann

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#possess #understand #whatever #you

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. ↗

— Buddha

#burn #candle #cannot #fire #just

I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#richard-feynmann #self-value #thought-provoking #values-in-life #inspirational

Love and a cough cannot be hid. ↗

— George Herbert

#cough #hid #love

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#inspirational

We are fighters and survivors. We are here. We are alive and breathing, living and loving, birthing and caring, working and earning. The sky is above us. The earth is below us. We can never be poor. ~ NanaAnna ↗

— Sister Souljah

#caring #inspiration #living #loving #nannaana

Maybe, but it isn't zero. As far as I'm concerned, that makes it the same as a 100% chance. ↗

— Simon

#inspiration #inspirational

Bitter disappointment pushed tears from her eyes. "Now what's wrong? I said you could wear it." She drew in a shaky breath. "I w-wanted you to l-like my dreeessssss." He moved his gaze over her. "The gown makes my mouth water, love. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women. ↗

— D.H. Lawrence

#men

Lestat: You're very anxious to be out of these rooms, aren't you? Why don't we simply get into bed together? I don't understand. David: You're serious? Lestat: Of course David: You do realize, that this is an absolutely magnificent body, don't you? I mean you aren't insensible to the fact that you've been deposited in a...a most impressive piece of young male flesh. Lestat: I looked it over well before the switch, remember? Why is it you don't want to.. David: You've been with a woman, haven't you? Lestat: I wish you hadn't read my mind. It's rude. Besides, what does that matter to you? David: A woman you loved. Lestat: I have always loved both men and women. David: That's a slightly different use of the word 'love. ↗

— Anne Rice

#lestat-de-lioncourt #louis-pointe-du-lac #tales-of-the-body-thief #vampire-chronicles #vampires