#eve

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. ↗

— John le Carre

#become #cheat #childhood #detachment #ever

His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there is more to human deeds than the doers are aware. He identified every act of kindness as an expression of sympathy with Himself. All kindnesses are either done explicitly or implicitly in His name, or they are refused explicitly or implicitly in His name. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#good-works #jesus #philanthropy #life

When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#make-every-moment-count #life

True love stories never have endings. ↗

— Richard Bach

#love #love stories #never #stories #true

I miss you. I miss you. I miss you, I miss you. Be ready, because when I see you, I'll never let you go again. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#love #never-let-go #love

I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that you’re not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#seventeen #sixteen #sweet #sweet-sixteen #teens

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#letting-go #love #never-let-me-go #love

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command. ↗

— Alan Watts

#command #feel #love #love is #never

And then what? Said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, Ms. Lane, I didn't mean to wrinkle your lovely blouse. May I press that for you?' Or perhaps you gouged it with one of your pretty pink nails?" I was really beginning to wonder what his hang-up with pink was, but I didn't resent the sarcasm in his voice. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#darkfever #karen #mac #moning #love

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love? ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#everyone #love #place #taught #then