#if

My teacher asked my favorite color. ... I said ‘Rainbow’.... and I was punished to stand out of my class. ↗

— Saket Assertive

#humor #life #philosophy #rainbow #humor

She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away, despite her love for them. I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #love #imagination

In WASP families, if you don't get along with someone, you have as little to do with them as possible. In Jewish families, you move next door, to make them as miserable as possible. ↗

— Doreen Orion

#culture #culture-critique #family #family-drama #family-relationships

Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up ↗

— Alice

#life-and-living #make-up #beauty

A hero without faults is like an omelet without little bits of eggshell in it. ↗

— Colin Cotterill

#heroes #humor #personality #real-life #humor

When life hands you lemons say, "Lemons? What else have you got?" - bumper sticker ↗

— Darynda Jones

#life-lessons #humor

I want my life to be about LIVING, not leaving --which is why I'm LEAVING nothing behind. ↗

— Shelley K Wall

#living #living-life-to-the-fullest #humor

Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#humor

If you could go back and relive any perfect moment in your life, which one would it be?”His smile took her breath away. “You know I’m forbidden to use that‘gift’ except in the direst of circumstances. And itdoesn’t work like that—remember, I can only bend it to gain back the last few minutes.”“I know, but if youcould. Humor me.”He thought for a long moment. “None of them.”Disappointment stabbed her. “Why not?”“Because the perfect moment can never be improved, and should be remembered, cherished, just the way it was. Like every moment I spend in your arms,” he said.“We should just go forward and make more of them. ↗

— J.D. Tyler

#humor

one word can be as bad as 100 gunshots. ↗

— Anaja Polk

#life-lessons #humor