#be

There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#belief #god #pride #atheism

You assume that it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #attraction

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been. ↗

— Edwin Starr

#came #could #cultivate #dreamt #england

When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#choice #come #comfortable #english #feel

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it. ↗

— Homer Hickam

#curiosity #determination #homer-hickam #learning #october-sky

The most common form of despair is not being who you are. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#truth #despair

I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#atheism #god #nature #pantheism #religion

It doesn't hurt." "But my eyes do," said a coolly amused voice from the doorway. Jace. He had come in so quietly that even Simon hadn't heard him; closing the door behind him, he grinned as Isabelle pulled Simon's shirt down. "Molesting the vampire while he's too weak to fight back, Iz?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure that violates at least one of the Accords." "I'm just showing him where he got stabbed," Isabelle protested, but she scooted back to her chair with a certain amount of haste. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #quip #simon-lewis #weakness

I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed. ↗

— Jason Statham

#competitive #dedicate #focus #helps #i

Pain is weakness leaving the body ↗

— Tera Lynn Childs

#pain #phoebe #weakness