#hang

that was bad; i shouldn't have done that to prevent you from entering a catatonic state i am going to maintain a calm facial expression with crinkly eyes and an overall friendly demeanor i believe in a human being that is not upset i believe if you are working i should not be insane or upset--why am i ever insane or upset and not working? i vacuumed the entire house this morning i cleaned the kitchen and the computer room and i made you a meat helmet with computer paper the opportunity for change exists in each moment, all moments are alone and separate from other moments, and there are a limited number of moments and the idea of change is a delusion of positive or negative thinking your hands are covering your face and your body moves like a statue when i try to manipulate an appendage if i could just get you to cry tears of joy one more time ↗

— Tao Lin

#impermanence #indifferent-universe #meat-helmet #productivity #sadness

Don't worry now about what you can't change. Rest when you can so you'll be ready for tomorrow's battles. ↗

— Rachel Mead

#change

The old Paris is no more (the form of a city changes faster, alas! than a mortal's heart). ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#change

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#social-movements #change

You can't change reality -- only its perception. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#reality #change

You can't be born again, but you can change. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#inspirational #change

You're alive, that means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you change the world, the world will change. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#change

Mister was allowed to be and stay what he was. But I wasn't allowed to be and stay what I was [...] School teacher changed me. I was something else and that something else was less than a chicken sitting in the sun on a tub. (Paul D.) ↗

— Toni Morrison

#toni-morrison #change

But I do know this: no quest, no matter how easy or hard, is ever accomplished without first the will to see it done. So, you have the will, and where there is a will, there is a way. ↗

— C.S. Einfeld

#inspiratonal #change

Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#change #character #jealousy #nature #transformation