#inspirational

In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms." I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently. "I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#motivational #inspirational

I’m not saying it will always be easy because we are human. Two people in love will always have uphill battles but it’s how you handle those challenges that truly matter. ↗

— Kathryn Vance-Perez

#challenge-inspiration-motivation #love #inspirational

She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#inspirational #writing #inspirational

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#magic #inspirational

If everyone could be a successful and rich author, there would be no point in working so hard. Where is the fun in that? ↗

— L.A. Jones

#perseverance #writing-life #inspirational

He loved constantly, instantly, spontaneously, without thought or words. That's what he taught me. Love is not something you think about, it is a state in which you dwell. That was his gift. ↗

— Christopher Moore

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Our testimonies, our closeness to our Father in Heaven, and our ability to serve and love and laugh and enjoy life do not depend on whether we are married or single. If we look to Christ for answers, He will give them. It also follows that with our increased devotion and understanding of Him, the happier and more complete we will become and the more we will comprehend our true worth in the sight of God. ↗

— Kristen McMain Oaks

#lds #religious #uplifting #way-to-be #inspirational

What is it all but a trouble of ants in the gleam of a million million of suns? ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

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The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#jodi-picoult #life #lone-wolf #wolves #inspirational

Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it? ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#humor #inspirational #science #humor