#chapter

9 years earlier “Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.” Isaiah 13:9 ↗

— Phillip W. Simpson

#anger

Some never participate. Life happens to them. They get by on little more than dumb persistence and resist with anger or violence all things that might lift them out of resentment-filled illusions of security. -Alma Mavis Taraza ↗

— Frank Herbert

#anger

Juliette!" His voice is tighter, higher, laced with anger and terror and denial and betrayal. Realization is a new piece in his puzzled mind. "He can touch you?" "Goddamit, Juliette, answer me! Warner is writhing on the floor, unhinged in a way I never thought possible. He looks wild, his eyes disbelieving, horrified. "Has he touched you? ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#anger

Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#art

Concerning Concealment as a symptom of love for Krsna: "It has been stated, 'although Srimati Radharani developed a deep loving affection for Krsna, She hid Her attitude in the core of Her heart so that others could not detect Her actual condition. ↗

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

#attitude

The most beautiful thing we can experence is the mysterious. ↗

— Beth Fantaskey

#beauty

I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#chapter- #beauty

Stained-glass windows glowed faintly in the moonlight streaming through, illuminating the sculpture of Christ on the cross that hung above the altar. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Then the sculpture seemed to move, and Christ’s body twisted on the cross to look directly at him. ...Jesus, the son of God and his saviour, seemed be smiling at him. ↗

— Phillip W. Simpson

#beauty

Those of us who do not live forever do not like change perhaps as much as those of you who do. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#change

I want you to live up to your potential!" "Let me go," I say quietly. I don't want to be your creature. I don't want to hurt people." "The world has already hurt you," he counters. "The world put you here. You're here because of them! You think if you leave they're going to accept you? You think you can run away and live a normal life? No one will care for you. No one will come near you-You'll be an outcast like you've always been! Nothing has changed! You belong with me! ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#change