#hang

Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#change

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind. ↗

— Criss Jami

#challenge #challenger #changes #controversy #creativity

It is a time of change,'' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#truth #change

Do you remember the summer we signed you up for camp? And the night before you left, you said you've changed your mind and wanted to stay home? I told you to to get a seat on the left side of the bus, so when you pulled away, you'd be able to look back and see me there waiting for you." I press her hand against my cheek, hard enough to leave a mark. "You get that same seat in Heaven. One where you can watch me, watching you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

I don't understand how everything changes, how the layers of your life get buried. Impossible. At some point, at some time, we must all explode. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#change

I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility. ↗

— Shauna Niequist

#food #nourishment #change

People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#progress #spirituality #change

Nobody can change who you are, except for you. ↗

— Jean Kwok

#change

She was like his favorite candy - hard on the outside but a soft surprise on the inside. ↗

— Jaci Burton

#gavin #change

Things which do not grow and change are dead things. ↗