#ate

If there's to be damnation, she had said, let it be of my choosing, not theirs. He knew a little about damnation himself… and he had an idea that the lessons, far from being done, were just beginning. ↗

— Stephen King

#fate #free-will #freedom #freedom

My destiny plays with me in such a way I feel I play with my destiny. ↗

— Vivake Pathak

#destiny #determinism #fate #free-will #freedom

I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy. ↗

— Criss Jami

#christianity #enemies #fabrications #facts #flattery

A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven ↗

— Kate Morton

#kate-morton #the-secret-keeper #friendship

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ↗

— Robert South

#conceal #given #men #mind #ordinary

Blood is thicker than water," The young man said As he knifed his friend For a drooling old bitch And a house full of lies. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#blood-is-thicker-than-water #family #friendship #murder #family

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. ↗