#art

In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails. ↗

— Peter M. Senge

#life #art

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit. ↗

— Criss Jami

#compelling #consideration #constructive-criticism #demean #demeaning

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#part #peach #love

... Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#divided #heart #urban #love

Part of me aches to touch her now that she's so close. But the other part, the logical part, wants to coast myself in Teflon, because I know that her being here, no matter what her reasons, is going to seriously fuck with my world. ↗

— Steph Campbell

#love #love

I feel safe with him because he is so not my ideal and I feel like I can be myself because I'm not in love with him. ↗

— Gary Shteyngart

#super-sad-true-love-story #love

When two hearts race, both win. ↗

— Dove Chocolate Promise Message

#love #winning #love

It was like a Russian party, Arkady thought. People got drunk, recklessly confessed their love, spilled their festering dislike, had hysterics, marched out, were dragged back in and revived with brandy. It wasn't a French salon. ↗

— Martin Cruz Smith

#brandy #drunkenness #party #russia #love

But maybe you never really had someone, she thought now. Maybe, no matter how much you loved them, they could slip through your fingers like water, and there was nothing you could do about it. She understood why people talked about hearts "breaking"; she felt as if hers were made of cracked glass, and the shards were like tiny knives inside her chest when she breathed. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fragile-love #glass #heartbreak #knives #love

I'm very down to Earth, I'm just not from this Earth. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#earth #world #dreams