#freedom

Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#limits #oppression #sadomasochism #sex #sexuality

Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes works of art enduring. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#freedom #freedom-of-expression #art

We must rebuild organic communities, where people can come together and have analogue conversations and share stories, art, music and emotions. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#cooperation #freedom #harmony #love #peace

I know the consequences, Manon,” Ilyse conceded. “I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#courage #defiance #freedom #ilyse-charpentier #iron-will

The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid ↗

— Lucian of Samosata

#freedom #historian #history #business

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...] ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#life #prison #freedom

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#demonstrate #freedom #liberty #reason #change

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#freedom #change

Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world. ↗

— Hugh MacLeod

#change

Tell me what you’re looking for and i will become that for you. I can sacrifice my inner freedoms for you without looking twice at my old journals and solid promises I made to myself about such things. But you must be prepared to kill me when the smiles are no longer frequent. Do it while I sleep. While I hold your hand. Do it fast, baby. Do it fast. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#freedom #murder #relationships #change