#hal

I don’t know what I saw. It could’ve been a hallucination. You get those from sniffing glue.” “You’ve never sniffed glue!” “I’ve smelled glue,” Jamie said after a pause. “In art class. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#glue #hallucinations #art

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bigotry #challenges #confidence #conflict-resolution #courage

The real challenge for a vegan is getting vitamin B and omega-3s, but you can get those in a vegetarian supplement. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#get #getting #real #real challenge #supplement

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#before #come #curiosity #end #i

The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#taj-mahal #timeless #wonder #art

Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#challenges #motivational #overcoming-adversity #overcoming-challenges #overcoming-obstacles

Closing your eyes won't make the awfulness go away. It may be that nothing will. But dwelling on it, dreading the evil, playing out the misery in your head - doesn't this feed the monster? You can't close your eyes to life, but you can choose where your gaze lingers. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#challenges #hardships #life #perspective #richelle

How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the length. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#contemporary #half #how #length #novel

I have a deep appreciation for anything that challenges my morality. I tend to wonder which thing or person might overpower my beliefs and would I avoid it altogether in order to say, "It didn't conquer me," or would I accept the challenge head-on in an attempt to prevail? Which requires greater courage? ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#courage #temptation #courage

What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re so ugly on the inside? ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#celebrity-culture #celebrity-gossip #celebutard #dark-humor #fake