#he

It is better to believe an obvious lie, than to swallow a deceitful truth. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#deceit #fooled #hurt #lies #no-truth

Hideo," said my mother, in the terrifying way women have of passing without interval from one subject to another because they have them all present in their mind at once, "you haven't found any kind of relationship? ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#mothers #women #relationship

All the real work is done in the rehearsal period. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#period #real #real work #rehearsal #work

Those who’ve known great sadness have a better appreciation for happiness. Those who’ve seen death know the value of life. ↗

— Suzanne Supplee

#when-irish-guys-are-smiling #death

I would drink that whole bottle if I knew it wouldn’t get me completely drunk. I miss wine.” “Um, you haven’t had it for one night, and you miss it?” “Clearly, you underestimate my relationship with wine and what I do on the weekends when I’m by myself reading. ↗

— Rachel Van Dyken

#reading #the-bet #wine #relationship

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world? ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#child-abuse #children #feminism #hell #religion

There is no God and we are his prophets. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#paraphrased #religion #religion

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#importance #important #minds #religion #the-truth

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dislikes #racism #religion #scepticism #stupidity

Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#fundamentalism #religion #religion