#city

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#blame #cassandra-clare #city-of-lost-souls #guilt #the-mortal-instruments

Oh, good. You're starting to talk about yourself in the third person. That's not a sign of impending megalomania or anything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #talking

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#fortune #wealth #pleasure

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#sophistication #ultimate

If anyone else asked that question, O He Who Is Terrible and Great, I would have said they were an ignorant fool; in you it is a sign of the disarming simplicity which is the fount of all virtue. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#ignorance #ridiculous #sucking-up #simplicity

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#simplicity #truth #simplicity

One should use common words to say uncommon things ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#naivete #simplicity #writing #simplicity

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are. ↗

— David Levithan

#truth #simplicity

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#simplicity #simplicity

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#simplicity #sophistication #simplicity