#coming

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof...." These words, wrung from the very depths of his soul, surprised even Seigen himself. He had not risen in the world merely in order to satisfy his ambition, but in order to repudiate hierarchical society and the fixed class system. ↗

— Takayuki Yamaguchi

#equality #hierarchy #overcoming-obstacles #purpose #society

Some are professors and others are possessors. ↗

— Lawrence Kennedy

#kingdom #overcoming #faith

Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must tell the people you work with. You must tell the people in the stores you shop in. Once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and all. And once you do, you will feel so much better ↗

— Harvey Milk

#innuendo #lie #myth #family

I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job. ↗

— Sarah Chalke

#complete #doing #i #job #life

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. ↗

— John Knowles

#shortcomings #friendship

Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. ↗

— George Etherege

#good #i #i love #love #mistress

Tidak pernah ada kata salah untuk cinta ↗

— Sefriyana Khairil

#home

There’s a huge difference for taking responsibility for one’s actions, and taking credit, and in this scenario I think we need to give credit where credit is due. I won’t take responsibility for my teacher’s drinking problem, but I will take credit for it. ↗

— Benjamin Tomes

#school #upcoming #v #home

What's good for you is not always best for you, and what's best for you is not always good for you. ↗

— B.S. Wood

#well-being #age

Sometimes, when you were thinking about something, trying to understand it, it opened up in your head without you expecting it to, like it was a soft spongy light unfolding, and you understood, it made sense forever… ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#coming-of-age #growing-up #paddy-clarke #roddy-doyle #age