#cho

At its heart, Gothic Fiction is the introvert's "Hero's Journey" where heroes and heroines must navigate the uncharted territory of the mind in order to solve the mystery of their life's adventure. ↗

— Barrymore Tebbs

#gothic-horror #psychological-gothic #life

Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie. ↗

— Robert McKee

#choice #deus-ex-machina #emotion #lies #meaning-of-life

At school, everything feels weird. No one looks at me or pays attention to me, no one says hi, no one asks how I am feeling, and everyone is so quite. It’s like I don’t even exist. ↗

— Abraham M. Alghanem

#life #school #life

Life often is a bucket of water sitting on a farmer’s porch. Our choice is in the drinking. ↗

— Harley King

#farmer #life #life-lessons #life

Because the truth was, and we both knew it, he'd gone long, long ago. I'd just made him stick around when he really wanted to be somewhere else. In his own weird way, he was another victim of the shooting, One of the ones who couldn't get away. "Are you mad?" he asked, which I thought was a really strange question. "Yes," I said. And I was. It's just that I wasn't so sure I was mad at him. But I don't think he needed to hear that part. I don't think he wanted to hear that part. I think it was important to him to hear that I cared enough to be angry. "Will you ever forgive me?" he asked. "Will you ever forgive me?" I shot back, leveling my gaze directly into his eyes. He stared into them for a few moments then got up silently and headed for the door. He didn't turn around when he reached it. Just grabbed the doorknob and held it. "No," he said without facing me. "Maybe that makes me a bad parent, but I don't know if I can. No matter what the police found, you were involved in that shooting, Valerie. You wrote those names on that list. You wrote my name on that list. You had a good life here. You might not have pulled the trigger, but you helped cause the tragedy." He opened the door."I'm sorry. I really am." He stepped out into the hallway. "I'll leave my new address and phone number with your mother," he said before walking slowly out of my sight. ↗

— Jennifer Brown

#divorce #father #forgiveness #parents #school-shooting

A commitment doesn’t care about your feelings. To follow your path you give up what you want and follow what you need. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#commitment #journeys #life-missions #purpose #life

But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. ↗

— Isaiah

#god #life #life

It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind. ↗

— Katherine Marsh

#fate #past-and-future #life

If I wasn't doing modeling, I'd like to study child psychology. ↗

— Shanina Shaik

#doing #i #like #modeling #psychology

You have to be happy with who you are and the choices you make. If you don't like yourself, you'll never be truly happy. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#happiness #life #life