#at

I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#reading #reality #escape

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band. ↗

— Paul Stanley

#band #big #big enough #enough #great

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dignity #faith #haiku #heaven #human-mortality

I’ve learned that no matter how inspired, fired up and motivated you might be, the dark clouds will always set in ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#hope #inspirational #motivational #dreams

And if your friends make fun of you for chasing your dream, remember—just lie. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#stockett #the-help #dreams

Of course, maybe I'd end up like one of those crazy old people with, like, sixty cats. And one day, the neighbors would complain about the smell, and it would turn out I'd died and the cats had eaten me. Still, it might be nice to have a cat. ↗

— Alex Flinn

#crazy

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness. ↗

— Aristotle

#genius #great-minds #madness #mind

She'll kill me if she finds you in here. Can you climb trees? Tell me you can climb a tree!" Patch grinned, "I can fly. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#becca-fitzpatrick #fly #hush #nora-grey #patch

You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational #the-alchemist #dreams

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#acting