#die

No matter how ugly the manner in which a man dies, it’s only the presence of a suffering human soul that is horrifying, once gone, what is left is only an object. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#dies #soul #suffering #death

I had often thought that if I managed to live through the war I wouldn't expect too much of life. How could one resent disappointment in love if life itself was continuously in doubt? Since Belgorod, terror had overturned all my preconceptions, and the pace of life had been so intense one no longer knew what elements of ordinary life to abandon in order to maintain some semblance of balance. I was still unresigned to the idea of death, but I had already sworn to myself during moments of intense fear that I would exchange anything - fortune, love, even a limb - if I could simply survive. ↗

— Guy Sajer

#fortune #life #love #soldier #survive

Love is an emotion which does not die it disappears. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#disappear #emotion #love #romance-love #love

Here have I come to die,' he said, 'and where else could I ask to die but in your arms? ↗

— Roger Lancelyn Green

#love #robin-hood #love

And if I was humming "Happy Birthday" and smiling stupidly as I fled for my life—well, that was nobody's business, was it? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#business

It's the witching hour once more- When the Muse comes out to play. He calls me through that magic door- Where galaxies of worlds await! ↗

— Belle Whittington

#indie-authors #indie-books #inspirational #writing #writing-books

The seas were found agitated, the few humans that remained, aimlessly. The reservoirs, without water. The animals, exhausted, the sky, black as the darkest coal. ↗

— Daniel Díez Ginestar

#diez #ginestar #global #inspirational #movie

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#dance #chance

She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a whir-stir-get-lost-sir bundla dynamite! ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#satan

To me, the words “food” and “guilt” didn’t belong in the same sentence unless, say, you were referring to how you felt about the starving children in Africa. ↗

— Kate Madison

#food-guilt #memoir #diet