#ding

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ↗

— Helen Keller

#avoiding #children #danger #daring #does

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#weddings #divorce

Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture. ↗

— Tim Wise

#culture #inequities #justice #organizing #racism

Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as your financial means, mortgage rates, and the currently tight real-estate market alow you to put there. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#books #library #reading #marketing

Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having--a little fantasy about the people we might turn into one day, when our lives are different, quieter, more introspective, and when all the urgent reading, whatever that might be, has been done. We never arrive at that point, needless to say.... ↗

— Nick Hornby

#reading #introspection

I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn't melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena's chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#derek #fantasy #good-strategy #ilona-andrews #magic-bites

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. ↗

— John Adams

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #nationalism

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#truth #understanding #paradox

I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#reading #writing #meditation

The pain of being alone is completely out of this world, isn't it? I don't know why, but I understand your feelings so much, it actually hurts. ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#naruto #understanding #loneliness