#imp

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved. ↗

— Théophile Gautier

#love #patience #wisdom #love

Imperfection is the doorway for which perfection may step through...perfection must be enforced, it must be soldered into the eyes of the blind, it must be severed methodically and sewn into the very warmth that keeps at bay the cold of the night. Imperfection is the fire that sets alight the dark passage through which perfection wanders...and we must embrace it all, we must have purpose to survive. ↗

— Dave Matthes

#death #dread #forgiveness #goal #greed

Bravery isn't when you go looking for trouble; bravery is when trouble comes looking for you. ↗

— P.I. Barrington

#cult #future-imperfect-trilogy #futuristic #las-vegas #romantic-suspense

And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. ↗

— Ed Rendell

#bond #challenges #create #dollar #environmental

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#happiness #important #love is #more #other

Love is almost never simple. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #love

Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying 'hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. ↗

— John Green

#intelligent #nerd #thoughtful #intelligence

I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty. ↗

— George Sand

#love

Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#self-esteem #self-improvement #business

Love: fact of bringing up a person into a high level of importance in your life. ↗

— Yannick Heywang

#high #importance #life #love #person