#aw

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars. ↗

— Llewelyn Powys

#eyes #human #look #more #night

It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. It's all about SYMBOLISM, says Hairwoman. Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break -- these were all done on purpose. To get a decent grade in her class, we have to figure out what he was really trying to say. Why couldn't he just say what he meant? Would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? B for blunt, S for straightforward? ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#scarlet-letter #symbolism #poor

It was the most convulted, ridiculous piece of logic I'd heard in awhile... It was something I would have come up with. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #sacrifice

Smartass Disciple: Master, where will you go after your soul leaves your body? Master of Stupidity: What makes you think a soul will go elsewhere physically? ↗

— Toba Beta

#body #law-of-physics #soul #spirit #life

I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal when I was born. ↗

— Hugo Pratt

#deal #hawking #i #i was born #like

Simple things bring infinite pleasure. Yet, it takes us a while to realize that. But once simple is in, complex it out - forever. ↗

— Joan Marques

#life #simple #life

Grandpa had a good life, up until the day we slaughtered him and ate him. Honestly, he raised chickens, so he should have seen it coming.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #food #funny #grandpa #humor

Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it. - ↗

— Emerson

#new-thought #science-of-mind #science

Observance of customs and laws can very easily be a cloak for a lie so subtle that our fellow human beings are unable to detect it. It may help us to escape all criticism, we may even be able to deceive ourselves in the belief of our obvious righteousness. But deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, 'There is something not right,' no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or by the moral code. ↗

— C.G. Jung

#conscience

Honor, I thought. For real: the guardians should have taught it. Because I hadn't learned it. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sacrifice