#ding

Despite the turbulence our nation has experienced, we WILL arrive safely and without incident! ↗

— Fela Durotoye

#leadership #nation-building #nigeria #leadership

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#illusion #life #understanding #life

Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#endings #goodbyes #growing-up #relationships #understanding

It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago. ↗

— Nic Sheff

#control #life #speeding #life

Reading is a staple of life, like bread or water. Or chocolate. ↗

— Rett MacPherson

#life

You can be too rich and too thin, but you can never be too well read or too curious about the world. ↗

— Tim Gunn

#life

Entrei numa livraria. Pus-me a contar os livros que há para ler e os anos que terei de vida. Não chegam! Não duro nem para metade da livraria! Deve haver certamente outras maneiras de uma pessoa se salvar, senão… estou perdido. ↗

— José de Almada Negreiros

#hoarding #life #livrarias #livros #reading

I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody; ↗

— R. Peck

#reading #life

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#christopher-paolini #eragon #reading #life

You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers... ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#consciousness #harmony #mindfulness #oneness #peace