#eat

Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure The building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the "next step", and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired. ↗

— S.A.R.K.

#creativity #dreaming #procrastination #writing #art

Of course, then you nearly crushed to death in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted at that moment - because if I hadn't saved you, if your blood had been spilled there in front of me, I don't think I could have stopped myself from exposing us for what we are. But I only thought of that excuse later. At the time, all I could think was, 'Not her. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#death

Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?" All Artemis could do was smile and shrug. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#death #sacrifice #death

I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually it's a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But it's certainly a blast. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone right now. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#amazing #amazing people #anyone #area #around

With my guys and with the way that we live out there, we work out a lot and try to eat right, but we try to basically keep it our own rhythm and our own world. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#eat #guys #keep #live #lot

This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike. ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#death #secret #death

In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on. ↗

— Jonah Lehrer

#perseverance #imagination

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#big #check #fast #nba #out

Fate" Eve said with a sigh "I'm not sure fate had to burn up your car to get the point across," Shane said, buckling his own seatbelt. "No, not that. The hearse. I'm going to name it Fate." Shane stared at Eve for a long, long few seconds, then slowly shook his head. "Have you considered medication, or-" She flipped him off. "Ah. Back to normal. Excellent. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#shane-collins #death

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#death