#hum

Raucherbereiche in Gaststätten sind wie Pissbereiche in Schwimmbecken. ↗

— Fettes Brot

#life #life

There is a deep and undeniable sadness in all this: whenever we see the dawn of an eternal good that will never be overcome by evil – an evil that is itself eternal but will never succeed in overcoming good – whenever we see this dawn, the blood of old people and children is always shed. ↗

— Vasily Grossman

#human-nature #life #life

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#humor

Mensen zonder een eigen leven moeten zich altijd in dat van anderen mengen. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#life #life

Humor helps us get over the worst in our existence. And that makes it an ally worth cultivating - by consciously looking for inanities in life, the crazy contradictions, the jolly aspects of everyday situations. ↗

— Dr. Rufus C. Browing

#life

I was at peace with it; I'd taken his hatred and insecurity-driven malice and turned it into fame, money, and of course, pussy. ↗

— Eugene Mirman

#life

We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. ↗

— Shelley Winters

#shelley-winters #humor

Human social life, I suggest, is the magma that erupts and builds up, so to speak, at the fault lines where natural human capacities meet and grind against and over natural human limitations…. This meeting of powers and limitations produces a creative, dynamic tension and energy that generates and fuels the making of human social life and social structures…. It is real human persons living through the tensions of natural existential contradictions who construct patterned social meanings, interactions, institutions, and structures. ↗

— Christian Smith

#human-nature #humanism #identity #personalism #personhood

If those at your top are weak, your bottom will be rotten ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#humor #life #philosophy #wisdom #life

My mum always said there’s a lot of presence in a doorway,” he added, staring into one of the eyes. A chill of air trickled down her spine, she could feel the eyes upon her, drawing her in, asking questions and tormenting her very being. “Really? How so?” asked Maggie, with interest. Brick turned his head and presented a puzzled expression. “Well, cause that’s where people come in ↗

— Paul Baxter

#sci-fi-humour-comedy #life