#dre

I shouldn't think I'll have the slightest problem playing a man," she said. "I shall merely remember to rearrange my breeches in front at least once an hour, thereby drawing attention to the padding I carefully placed there in the morning, and I'll blend in perfectly. ↗

— Eloisa James

#mens-habits #men

Philosophy has forgotten about children ↗

— Bernhard Schlink

#inspirational #philosophical #inspirational

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#children #dear #gift #him #his

If you will but aspire You will attain to all that you desire. Before an atom of such need the Sun Seems dim and mirky by comparison. It is life's strength, the wings by which we fly Beyond the further reaches of the sky. ↗

— Farid al-Din Attar

#dreams-coming-true #inspiration #strength #dreams

I'm really lucky, because I've been able to go places and meet people you can only dream of. ↗

— Frances Bean Cobain

#because #been #dream #go #i

I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color. ↗

— Gary Ross

#been #black #black and white #color #dream

One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children’s day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: “I see you; I notice you; I love you. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honesty #joy #kick-start #kindness #love

God never leaves His children to wander alone. We are always surrounded with unconditional love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#children #god #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy

...she lost twenty minutes sitting on the floor with her arms wrapped around her knees, smiling into the pretty glow and imagining herself a contented farmer's wife waiting for her man to come in from the fields. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#daydream #fire #wife #imagination

Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature - that baby beating its breast with its fist, for instance - and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell me the truth!" "No, I wouldn't consent," said Alyosha softly. The Brothers Karamazov Ivan to Alyosha, Book V - Pro and Contra, Chapter 4 - Rebellion ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#god #religion #suffering #the-brothers-karamazov #theodicy