#in

What do you think?" he asks. "I hate them," I say. I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. "All I do is go around trying to forget the arena and you've brought it back to life. How do you remember these things so exactly?" "I see them every night," he says. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#life

Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree beside the ladder: never before had he been so suddenly and so keenly aware of the feel and texture of a tree's skin and of the life within it. He felt a delight in wood and the touch of it, neither as forester nor as carpenter; it was the delight of the living tree itself. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tree #life

Too often we forget that discipline really means to teach, not to punish. A disciple is a student, not a recipient of behavioural consequences. ↗

— Daniel J. Siegel

#discipline #education #education

We cannot continue to send our children to Caesar for their education and be surprised when they come home as Romans. ↗

— Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

#homeschooling #education

A lot of things happen in our lives without any apparent justification. but whatever happens to us,takes us one step ahead in the path of self realisation. the truth is we all are travellers in the life's eternal journey, to meet for a short while,to care and share but we tend to forget that nothings lasts forever. if only we could cultivate a sense of detachment,life would have been much easier. ↗

— Chitralekha Paul

#self-discovery #self-realisation #writers #writing #life

Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates said, not because the books are expensive, but because our time is scarce. ↗

— Gabriel Zaid

#time #age

And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success. ↗

— Andy Andrews

#life

Buggeration, my arse is bruised beyond relief. ↗

— Arisu Riddle

#funny-formulation #funny

Falling into the trap of self-pity will get you no where in life. It's sorrowful endless cycle will keep you from reaching your goals. Everyone has a sad story but not everyone allows it to restrain them. Let life's hardships fuel you to success instead of holding you back. Start controlling your life or it will control you!  ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational

They always prided themselves on looking youthful. “Forty’s the new thirty,” they’d joke. Until heartbreak and grief enter your life, and then forty’s the new one hundred. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#georgie #grief #heartbreak #life