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It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is. ↗

— Judith Rossner

#everyone #far #far less #get #harder

Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing. ↗

— Judith Rossner

#lunatic #publishing #writers

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#done #had #her #how #i

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#appearance #completely #different #glance #i

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#austen #authors #jane #jane austen #other

Convicções profundas só as têm as criaturas superficiais. Os que não reparam para as coisas quase que as veem apenas para não esbarrar com elas, esses são sempre da mesma opinião, são os íntegros e os coerentes. A política e a religião gastam dessa lenha, e é por isso que ardem tão mal entre a Verdade e a Vida. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#inspirational #inspirational

I'm of the mind that even people who have limitations, if they have a curiosity, they will find a way to explore it. ↗

— Tish Grier

#tish-grier #inspirational

This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who knows not. And his footsteps on the road click tic-tac, tic-tac ↗

— Cristiane Serruya

#lack-of-morals #lack-of-perspective #modern-life #modernity-is-a-sickness #philosophy-of-people

No matter how much restitution she paid with every word and deed, her blood-stained hands could never really be clean, even if no one else knew they were dirty. ↗

— Stacy Hawkins Adams

#inspirational #novel #home

Understanding did not provide solace or make the pain go away; in many ways, understanding was just more salt in the emotional wound. Ignorance allowed one to fight back with unfettered cruelty. Understanding inspired empathy, which led to guilt, as well as suffering. She looked at Gavin, supine, unconcerned, contented, and thought that perhaps there was something to being a sociopath. If you didn't have a heart, it couldn't be broken. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#empathy #feelings #feelings-of-weakness #heartbreak #sympathy