#epa

People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#separation

We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages and competing with each other in casting curses. A few golden butterflies and dragonflies were fluttering around us. The afternoon air was warm and clean, and the town below us seemed like a green harbor full of white sails. ↗

— Ha Jin

#departure #great-feasting #communism

PESAN SEORANG AYAH KEPADA ANAK LELAKI: Kau harus berani mengatakan "tidak" untuk yang salah dan "ya" untuk yang benar. Kau harus melindungi martabat rumahmu dengan menjaga saudara-saudara perempuanmu dan ibumu. Kau harus berani melindungi yang tertindas. Dan jika kau berkeluarga nanti, kau sudah mati sebagai lelaki, tapi kau berganti menjadi suami dan ayah. Kau harus selalu pulang ke rumah dan mengabdi kepada istri dan anak-anakmu. Kau harus bekerja dan menafkahi mereka. Kau harus jadi ayah dan suami yang bisa menjaga kehormatan mereka. ↗

— Gola Gong

#ya

Did you really believe I was Toby? Puh-lease. I would have killed myself too. I mean, honestly - ew. He totally had it coming. Karma's a bitch, and so am I - just ask Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer.... ↗

— Sara Shepard

#pretty-little-liars #sara-shepard #karma

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech. ↗

— Mark Twain

#preparedness #humor

Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #departure #departures #literature #literature-quotes

Why worry about the future when God is already busy preparing it for you? ↗

— Edmond Mbiaka

#future #god #prepare #worry #business

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day (attributed to Matthew Henry) ↗

— Francis Chan

#preparation #business

It seemed like it was always autumn in this field - it was fitting really. Everything was shaded with the bronzes and yellows of faded pictures from an old photo album, it was a realm where uncomfortable nostalgia reigned. I noticed it more after my experience in the dream. There I was an actor in the play, here I was a spectator. ↗

— Mike Jackson

#death #memory #nostalgia #taven-s-departing #death

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy. ↗

— Johannes Rau

#cents #creativity #economic #euros #gives