#if

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed. ↗

— Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

#open #open-mindedness #receptiveness #life

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#perspective #social-norms #society #life

A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#romance #life

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. ↗

— Scott Corbett

#life

Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#literature #reading #life

I hate... I hate when you die. It destroys me. I know i have no right to be so upset, because I'm not the one losing my life, but it breaks me apart inside. I'm not very good with words, and i dont know how to explain to you how i feel. I get lonely when you aren't with me. I miss you. And every time you die, a little piece of me dies with you. ↗

— Courtney Allison Moulton

#love #will #life

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. ↗

— Helen Keller

#happier #ourselve #life

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#life #loss #resurrection #life

The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#life

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him. ↗