#hum

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#experience

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good. ↗

— Lora Brody

#food #humor #sex #experience

I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain. ↗

— James Patterson

#humor #pudding #experience

Well, that's an evil smile... ↗

— James Patterson

#humor #maxride #smile #experience

Mama Ginger came calling, to set the alarm on my biological clock. Oh, and to remind me that there’s no point to me being a woman if I never have children.” “Well, if that’s true, I wasted a hell of a lot of money on panty hose and lipstick.” Jettie snorted. ↗

— Molly Harper

#humor #motherhood #women #dating

To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women. ↗

— Melvil Dewey

#inspirational #humor

When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang. "When I go completely bonkers," I laughed. ↗

— James Patterson

#experience

Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is. ↗

— Timothy M. Brenner

#humor #inspirational #slap #humor

I went to the four levers. None of them were marked. There was only one way to figure out which one was the right one. I had to call upon all my Traveler experience and special powers to figure it out. It's called...Eenie, meenie, miney...mo!" -Bobby Pendragon ↗

— D.J. MacHale

#experience

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#gandhi #humble #humility #mohandas #true