#ear

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#tears #christianity

That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#laugh

There is a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true, but you haven't told anyone yet. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#bible

The worst dream of the night, when you are parted from someone you love and you do not know exactly where he is, but you know that he is in the presence of danger. You are tormented by a desire to keep the one you love safe. ↗

— Whitney Otto

#love #safety #dreams

When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#crying #tears #comfort

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#doubt #resolve #self-doubt #fear

Ah, Evie,” she heard him say softly, “I must have a heart, after all…because right now it aches like the devil.” “Only your heart?” she asked ingenuously, making him laugh. He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. “Also a few other things,” he conceded. “And as my wife, it’s your duty to ease all my aches. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#evie #heart #jenner #sebastian #vincent

Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway... ↗

— Taylor Swift

#fearlessness #swift #taylor #taylor-swift #fear

Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's too hard? We seem to feel that they are capable of making arguments and coming to their own conclusions about Napoleon. Why not about triangles? ↗

— Paul Lockhart

#learning #math #mathematics #art

Good people drink good beer. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#fear