#inking

Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#creativity #inspiration #sociology #writing #art

Could I have a Sloe Gin Fizz, without the gin?" "What's the point of that, Miss?" the waiter said. "Tomorrow morning," Mabel said. ↗

— Libba Bray

#humor #humor

People like us, we think differently, don't we? We are different. We do all the things that others do. But when it comes down to it, we don't need anyone else. We're happy doing what we do and having obligation interferes with that. And sometimes I think we don't even need ourselves. What's most important is to find out whether we're right or not. ↗

— Simon Morden

#obligation #reflection #righteousness #self-discovery #self-esteem

And so we keep on thinking, because the next thought might be the answer. ↗

— Jonah Lehrer

#imagination-reading #thinking #imagination

Happiness is a choice you make when you allow faith through the entry gate and fear through the exit gate. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution. ↗