#ended

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#defended #illusion #life #life is a #much

I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar. ↗

— Vivian Campbell

#ended #fell #guitar #had #i

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely. ↗

— Truman Capote

#gift #god #hands #intended #solely

What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin Fairless

#court #different #five #intended #law

What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your suspended electrified wit. ↗

— Isabel Yosito

#charm #electrified #i #i am #over

Sometimes when you get older—and I'm not talking about you, I'm talking generally, because everyone ages differently—things you think on and wish on start to seem real. And then you believe them, and before you know it they're a part of your history, and if someone challenges you on them and says they're not true—why, then you get offended. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#belief #challenge #history #life #offended

The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#away #could #edge #ended #enormous

Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost. ↗

— Bruce Paltrow

#blended #charm #everybody #everything #homogenized

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more. ↗

— George S. Patton

#attack #defended #ever #more #nobody

I've never attended any Tea Party functions. ↗

— John Bolton

#attended #functions #i #never #party