#ear

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me! ↗

— Bram Stoker

#fear #terror #wonder #terrorism

... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights", the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful. ↗

— David Mitchell

#hatred #ignorance #power #violence #violence

The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#accomplishment #achieve #achievement #birth #birthday

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#detachment #heart #heartbreak #birth

She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her knees and give birth from it, she wanted to hurt me as only a child can be hurt by its mother. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#heart #mother #birth

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#i #i have learned #important #learned #over

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#heard #indeed #minded #mistresses #often

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#heart #reading #growth

The journey I'm taking is inside me. Just like blood travels down veins, what I'm seeing is my inner self and what seems threatening is just the echo of the fear in my heart. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#growth #heart #growth

I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#observation