#eli

I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#religion #age

Dads. Do your faces light up when you first see your child in the morning or when you come home from work? Do you not understand that a child’s entire sense of value can revolve around what they see in your face when you first see them? ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver. ↗

— John McHugh

#although #commitment #deliver #expectation #motto

Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation. (pg.99, "The Body and the Earth") ↗

— Wendell Berry

#creation #healing #health #life #loneliness

You cannot simply put more money into the same system and get better results, so we will need to reform and innovate in the delivery of education. ↗

— Rob McKenna

#cannot #delivery #education #get #innovate

I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them any displeasure for it, for I do not believe them and I do not decide anything until I have found out the truth. ↗

— Antonio de Mendoza

#always #any #anything #believe #decide

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#front #intellect #need #only #passion

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. ↗

— Mencius

#delight #greater #self-examination #sincerity #than

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that. ↗

— Natalie Merchant

#celebrity status #deliberately #i #i think #imagine

The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#assemble #little #now #producers #seems