#chronic

She notices the unyielding ruthlessness of the storm; the crashing waves, the bitter sky kissing the water on the horizon, the keening laments of the sharp, cutting wind, and the relentless liquid deliverance of its somber showers. She’ll never forgive the audacity of the storm’s neglect. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#phantom-universe #summer-chronicles #forgiveness

...I had stood outside of Poe's house on 3rd street, too, and had done the same thing, staring mournfully up at the windows. The city was like some uncarved block without any name or shape and it showed no favoritism. Everything was always new, always changing. It was never the same old crowd upon the streets. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#change

Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#america #both #category #chronic #class

I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#experienced #i #know #like #live

Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles. ↗

— Anne Rice

#devil #favorite #happen #vampire

I do not judge, I only chronicle. ↗

— John Singer Sargent

#do not judge #i #i do #judge #only

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#conquered #deal #disease #economic #economic problems

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#asian #asian countries #been #character #chronic

I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction. ↗

— Lusia Strus

#chronic #deep #dissatisfaction #had #i

There are wonders to behold in our world that few will ever experience…Wonders capable of providing an artist inspiration for a lifetime; Wonders to make the world into a place of beauty, and wonders that show us the connections we all share. We each enter our lives like a drop of water into a still ocean, spreading out with each experience in waves, touching the lives of each and every person we meet; and they, in turn, share their lives and experiences with us. ↗

— Alex G. Zarate

#cat-rule-chronicles #echoes-of-innocence #linked #ripples-of-mind #beauty