#aria

Extinguish my sight, and I can still see you; plug up my ears, and I can still hear; even without feet I can walk toward you, and without mouth I can still implore. Break off my arms, and I will hold you with my heart as if it were a hand; strangle my heart, and my brain will still throb; and should you set fire to my brain, I still can carry you with my blood. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer-maria-rilke #inspirational

I am so afraid of people's words.They describe so distinctly everything: And this they call dog and that they call house, here the start and there the end. I worry about their mockery with words, they know everything, what will be, what was; no mountain is still miraculous; and their house and yard lead right up to God. I want to warn and object: Let the things be! I enjoy listening to the sound they are making. But you always touch: and they hush and stand still. That's how you kill. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer-maria-rilke #inspirational

We like to stress the commonness of heroes. Essences seem undemocratic. We feel oppressed by the call to greatness. We regard an interest in glory or perfection as a sign of mental unhealthiness, and have decided that high achievers, who are called overachievers, owe their surplus ambition to a defect in mothering (either too little or too much). We want to admire but think we have a right not to be intimidated. We dislike feeling inferior to an ideal. So away with ideals, with essences. The only ideals allowed are healthy ones -- those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#ambition #democracy #egalitarianism #equality #essence

Behind tranquillity lies conquered unhappiness. ↗

— J. William T. Youngs

#humanitarian #politics #women-s-rights #life

I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#rainer-maria-rilke #life

Да се научим най-напред да милейме един за друг, да се жалим, та да се хванем сички ръка за ръка... ↗

— Димитър Талев

#freedom #humanity #life #freedom

People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways. ↗

— Hany Ghoraba

#libertarian #libertarianism #liberty #freedom

Wisdom - Each day you wake up, know that your life is like a trillion dollars, use it wisely! ↗

— Pete Warner

#pete-warner #rainy-davis #rainysongs #sweetheart #life

But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#maria-v-snyder #poison-study #valek #love

So who gave him his name?" I asked. "Kerrick," Belen answered. Not who I'd expect. "Why 'Flea'?" A full-out grin spread across Flea's face. "Cause I'm fast and hard to catch." "Because he's a pest and hard to squash," Belen said. "Because he jumps about three feet in the air when you scare him," Loren added. "Because he's annoying and makes us itch with impatience," Quain said. "Thanks, guys. I love you too." Flea made exaggerated kissing noises and patted his ass. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#belen #flea #loren #maria-v-snyder #quain