#hem

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#assert #contained #except #images #itself

You're so critical. Oh, God, I'd do anything for you to stop blaming me for every little thing that goes wrong. Love me for who I am. Love Shelley for who she is. Stop focusing on the bad stuff because life is just too damn short. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#perfect-chemistry #life

The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#suffering #life

Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility. ↗

— James Gleick

#chaos-theory #life #mathematics #paradigm #paradigm-shift

Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable. ↗

— Bergen Evans

#euphemisms #language-awareness #life #lying #life

Well my gun fires seven different shades of shit, so what's your favorite color, punk? ↗

— Gerard Way

#gun #hate #love #my-chemical-romance #my-way-home-is-through-you

No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? ↗

— Albert Einstein

#first-love #love #physics #love

I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#love #perfect-chemistry #love

Did I ever tell you that Alex loves you so much he got your name tattooed all over his body? Hell, he even got your name branded into the back of his neck." "They say 'LB,' Carlos. The initials for Latino Blood." "No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. He wants everyone to think that, but in reality it means Lover of Brittany. LB, get it? ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#alex #brittany #carlos #carlos-fuentes #fuentes

You can tell whether some misogynistic societal pressure is being exerted on women by calmly enquiring, ‘And are the men doing this, as well?’ If they aren’t, chances are you’re dealing with what we strident feminists refer to as ‘some total fucking bullshit’. ↗

— Caitlin Moran

#feminism #i-love-the-word-fuck #love