#confusion

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#hysteria #love #love

Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn't anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what to do. ↗

— Steph Campbell

#confusion #love #love

Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, not by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, not by the idea: 'this is our teacher'. But, O Kālāmas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up... And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#confusion #doubt #good-judgment #nonconformity #questioning

Puck threw Ash a mocking smile. “You look like crap, Prince. Did you miss me?” Ash frowned, stabbing a faery that was clawing at his feet. “What are you doing here, Goodfellow?” he asked coldly, which only caused Puck’s grin to widen. “Rescuing the princess from the Winter Court, of course.” Puck looked down as the wire-fey piled on the squealing boar, ripping and slicing. It exploded into a pile of leaves, and they skittered back in confusion. “Though it appears I’m saving your sorry ass, as well.” “I could’ve handled it.” “Oh, I’m sure.” Puck brandished a pair of curved daggers, the blades clear as glass. His grin turned predatory. “Well, then, shall we get on with it? Try to keep up, Your Highness.” “Just stay out of my way. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#iron-daugther #puck #confusion

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy. ↗

— John Cheever

#because #been #between #confusion #fiction

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am. ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#am #any #believe #christian #confusion

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#acknowledged #beloved #blessing #brethren #churches

I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#confusion #constant #constant state #expression #face

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#each #happy #other #single #single word

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#body #confusion #large #large body #nation