#daybreak

In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear. ↗

— Paul Harris

#cold #daybreak #dominating #emotion #fear

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity. ↗

— Charles Ives

#consciousness #day #daybreak #experience #explained

Now I see why you have no trouble getting laid," she said softly. Tru swallowed. "You didn't before?" "No. You're kind of an asshole." "No more than anyone else," he said with a shrug. "Less than some." She frowned up at him. "But you should be better." "Why the hell would you think that?" "Because you're Tru. ↗

— Ellen Conner

#love #tru #trust #love

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#become #believe #bound #bright #brotherhood

It's going straight to my head: I think I'm falling in love again. ↗

— Kevin Devine

#love

Don't you dare counsel me. A cause isn't love, Penelope. Love breaks you wide open. ↗

— Ellen Conner

#love #tru #love

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light. ↗

— Pope John XXIII

#church #council #daybreak #forerunner #light