#co

To hell with you. To hell with you and to hell with the Internet. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#contrariness #ebooks #humanity #internet #reading

I’ll affect you slowly as if you were having a picnic in a dream. There will be no ants. It won’t rain. ↗

— Richard Brautigan

#dream #love #picnic #rain #romance

Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dreams #faith #inspiration #inspirational #metaphysics

Simulation Tobias kisses my neck. I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening. I look Simulation Tobias in the eye and say sternly, “I am not going to sleep with you in a hallucination. Okay?” Then I grab him by his shoulders and turn us around, pushing him against the bedpost. I feel something other than fear—a prickle in my stomach, a bubble of laughter. I press against him and kiss him, my hands wrapping around his arms. He feels strong. He feels…good. And he’s gone. I laugh into my hand until my face gets hot. I must be the only initiate with this fear. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#simulation #tobias #tris #control

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#any #consequences #freely #idea #just

I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#reading #reality #escape

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#individual #individual responsibility #judgment #like #nothing

Azkaban - the wizard prison, Goyle." said Malfoy, looking at him in disbelief. "Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#prison

The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness. ↗

— Dumas Malone

#boldness #courtesy #mind #politeness #scabbard

I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential. ↗

— Steve Toltz

#self-discovery #innocence