#ect

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#frustration #perspective #wisdom #men

Feeling sorry for yourself is a universal solvent of salvation. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#cale #feel #four #god #greatest

I tried to put things in perspective but sometimes you're just too close to it. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#distance #perspective #men

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. ↗

— Freeman John Dyson

#intellectual #science #design

Jane felt that he would write from the depths of a wretchedness that would not necessarily be insincere because its outward signs were so theatrical. Pesumably attractive men and probably woman too must always be suffering in this way; they must so often have to reject and cast aside love, and perhaps even practice did not always make them ruthless and cold-blooded enough to do it without feeling any qualms. ↗

— Barbara Pym

#love

Shouldering the duffel bag with the Marine Corps bulldog, Old Man knocked Jan's photo off the bed table. He turned to stone staring down at the photo. His face then splintered into hurt. Tears seeped into his eyes. He grappled for the nearest bedpost and slumped forward on extended arms. His shoulders jerked and head sagged a little while his heart broke. Old Man cried the mute cry of men of his generation. ↗

— Ed Lynskey

#noir #private-detective #suspense #thriller #men

Love happens in the strangest places at the strangest times. ↗

— Andrew Sturm

#kirkwood #love #project #romance #inspirational

Learn to be embarrassed by little and sorry about even less. ↗

— Andrew Sturm

#kirkwood #life-lessons #project #inspirational

Don’t go to Men about God. Go to God about Men. ↗

— Todd Stocker

#men #perspective #source #men

There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that can lead to understanding. ↗

— Jennifer Skiff

#dogs #inspirational #self-protection #suffering #understanding