#ch

Britta wanted to try to turn a guard. Tamara thought it was idiotic. “What are you going to do? Buy him beer and tell him about Kropotkin?” I envisioned the conversation: Vanguard: Wage Slave, are you aware that you are but a wire nail in the toolbox of capitalism? Wage Slave: I thought I was a chisel. Vanguard: No, the petit bourgeois are the chisels. Wage Slave: What about a washer set? Can I be a washer set? Vanguard: No, my ferret, run free! For I have unlocked your collar with knowledge! Wage Slave: I want to be a chisel. Vanguard pushes screaming ferret through hole in fence cut by the clippers of noblesse oblige. “Well, maybe we could bribe him,” said Britta. Tamara laughed. “With what? Health insurance? ↗

— Vanessa Veselka

#kropotkin #marxism #anarchism

Ien stopped her voice with more kisses, more promises of a world filled with only them. ↗

— Christine Fonseca

#psychological-thriller #romance #ya #historical

It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #resolve #richelle #richelle-goodrich #stubbornness

I am. I'm here. I'm me. You are the mystery.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#mystery #richelle #richelle-goodrich #self-awareness #you

Truly there are different kinds of pain.  But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting relief and no remedy. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#pain #regret #relief #remedy #remorse

Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#castles #creativity #richelle #richelle-goodrich #worlds

I think one of the biggest reasons people have difficulty believing in God is because they don't understand Him.  You often hear doubting comments like, 'If there is a God then why this and why that and how could He allow...?' Perhaps if people were to invest true, sincere effort getting to know Him they'd discover a mindful Father molding his children for a higher purpose.  Because, like it or not, believe it or not, agree with Him or not, He is God. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#divinity #father #god #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#gratefulness #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich #smile

One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine.  A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise.  A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#darkness #gratefulness #gratitude #light #richelle

Be nice. Be good. Be happy. If people everywhere were to keep to this simple creed, there'd be few problems left in the world to fret about. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#happiness #kindness #richelle #richelle-goodrich #richelle-goodrich