#cian

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ↗

Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics. ↗

— Vladimir Odoevsky

#politics #life

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#homeopathy #musicians #life

Glory be!' said the Cabby. 'I'd ha' been a better man all my life if I'd known there were things like this. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#life

Live Like a Raj Thakare and Die Like a Balasaheb Thakare. ↗

— Sagar Ugale

#life #politicians #politics #life

He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are; that they puzzle themselves as well as their friends; that their psychology is a modern development, and has not yet been understood. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#artists #complexity #friendship #music #musicians

Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love.. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #lucian-greymark #luke-garroway #mortal-instruments #love

A dirty diaper doesn’t double as a dishrag, and a politician doesn’t double as a savior.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #politicians #politics #funny

I was inclined to leave love unspoken. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#seraphina #love

...yes, I am your priest, your magician, your lover - I make charms to incant your presence... ↗