#form

The great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. ↗

— George Eliot

#conviction #life

ROBERT ROTH: Going against the tide, no matter how gracefully, will beat you up after a while — all artists know this. ↗

— Greg Prato

#music

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now. ↗

— Donalyn Miller

#education #school-reform #schools #students #education

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever ↗

— Westminster Shorter Catechism

#history-of-philosophy #meaning-of-life #motto #motto-in-life #reformed

I love like a leaf in the wind. Please, hold your applause until the end of the performance (the last day of fall). 
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— Jarod Kintz

#autumn #fall #leaves #love #performance

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#individuality #self-love #self-respect #love

Please Mia," he implores. "Don't make me write a song. ↗

— Gayle Forman

#if-i-stay #love #love

Being In Love Means hard questions. Will I? Won't I? Should I? Could I? Yes? No? You? Me? There is no me without you. Is there a you without me? And if were truly one. how will I breathe when circomstance pries us apart? You are my oxygen. my substance, the blood inside my veins. When we touch, you are my skin. hold all my joy inside of you. When you go, I wither. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#love

I love the performance of a craft, whether it is modest or mean-spirited, yet I walk away when discussions of it begin - as if one should ask a gravedigger what brand of shovel he uses or whether he prefers to work at noon or in moonlight. I am interested only in the care taken, and those secret rehearsals behind it. Even if I do not understand fully what is taking place. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#love

Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this? ↗

— Mark E. Smith

#blue #cheese #contains #informed #natural