#fusion

Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn't anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what to do. ↗

— Steph Campbell

#confusion #love #love

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#because #confusion #contrary #earlier #enjoys

Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, not by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, not by the idea: 'this is our teacher'. But, O Kālāmas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up... And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#confusion #doubt #good-judgment #nonconformity #questioning

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. ↗

— Criss Jami

#concealment #confusion #contemplation #dishonesty #hardcore

We often confuse what we wish for with what is. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#sad #wishes #confusion

Her eyes met his, but she looked quickly away; entangling gazes with Will was confusing at best, dizzying at worst. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will #confusion

Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him clap his hand to his mouth as though he was going to be sick-he hit the field on all fours-coughed-and something gold fell into his hand. 'I've got the snitch!' he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion. 'He didn't catch it, he nearly swalloed it,' Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference-Harry hadn't broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results-Gryffindor had won by 170 points to 60. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#confusion

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#mind #run #straight #confusion

How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules. ↗

— Caroline Stevermer

#chocolate-pot #confusion #games #rules #confusion

When you don't know where to start, just go to a place you miss so much. ↗

— Toba Beta

#doubt #missed #confusion