#hum

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. ↗

— Ivo Andric

#am #humans #i #i am #inhuman

A Dutch parent has a decidedly hairier story to relate, telling his children, 'Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you into a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared. ↗

— David Sedaris

#humor #santa-claus #family

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy. ↗

— Nicole Appleton

#humor #i #intelligence #sense #sense of humor

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#even #humor #important #short #short stories

Merciful heavens! Human treatment may even render human a man in whom the image of God has long ago been tarnished. It is these 'unfortunates' that must be treated in the most human fashion. This is their salvation and their joy. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#criminals #humane #rehabilitation #religion #religion

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#actuality #after #appearance #become #been

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#earth #human #human condition #quintessence #very

Paradise is too perfect for humanity. ↗

— Dario Argento

#paradise #perfect #too

It was a natural process, because when we go to the ring we are human beings, but once you feel the punches and the competition that's when the beast comes out and takes hold of us. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#because #beings #comes #competition #feel

No, I can't die because there are too many jackasses falling over themselves to take my place! I may live forever just to spite them! ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#humor #romantic #beauty