#hang

Mortality, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones, ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#change

But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can only move on. ↗

— Libba Bray

#inspiration #change

I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#change

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them ↗

— Denis Waitley

#life #change

But everything changes. To deny change is to deny life. And the present moment contains miracles. Including an ability to see and receive the new. ↗

— Brooke Berman

#life #change

I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#change

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late. ↗

— Seth Godin

#change

It doesn't change that I still want him, I still want to be with him, I still feel like the fucking air has been sucked out of the room when he walks in and I still think about him all the time. ↗

— Santino Hassell

#icos #interludes #sin #change

A little present from my run-in with a sword. Or should I say from when the sword had a run-in with me?” His eyes lit up. “Want to see the scar? It’s cool.” He started pulling his shirt out of his pants. “Janco,” Ari warned. “We’re not supposed to be fraternizing with the Sitians.” “But she’s not Sitian. Right, Yelena? You haven’t gone south on us, have you?” Janco’s voice held mock horror. “Because if you have I can’t give you your present.” I took my switchblade out, showing the inscription to Janco. “What about ‘Sieges weathered, fight together, friends forever’? Does that change if I become an official southerner?” Janco rubbed the hair on his chin, considering. “No,” Ari said. “You could change into a goat and it would still apply. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#janco #yelena #change

I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese. Klaus, when Sunny was born, did not like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves. Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#change