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Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#love #suffering #truth #love

I know I am flaky, I accept that—and I know, as well, that I can mangle the good king’s English like no one else in my or the next ten governesses’ acquaintances, but that will not prevent me from speaking! I may not be as wise as you in the ways of the world, I may not have wounds that run as deeply or scars to wear upon my chest like medals of valor, but at least I don’t retreat and hide the moment a soul comes within reach of my fingers! ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#fear #love #romance #love

Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#drinking #love #madam #making #other

Sometimes, when it’s going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationery. The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell. Emma is lost on anything less than 120gsm. ↗

— David Nicholls

#funny #stationary #writer #writing #written-word

Murder was so trivial in the stories Harold loved. Dead bodies were plot points, puzzles to be reasoned out. They weren't brothers. Plot points didn't leave behind grieving sisters who couldn't find their shoes. ↗

— Graham Moore

#conan #doyle #holmes #mystery #sherlock

Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#crafts #glitter #herpes #art

People care about what newspapers tell them to care about. ↗

— Delia Parr

#love

Whatever evil might come upon us, because we all came about out of love and care and the Bible and Mother Goose. What can stand against that? ↗

— Richard Kennedy

#mother-goose #love

Love is the key to diversity ↗