#iona

T know what they say about secrets. I've heard it all. That they can haunt and govern you. That they can poison relationships and divide families. That in the end, only the truth will set you free. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#family

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#based #basis #japanese #japanese architecture #need

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#because #becomes #book #french #goes

Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I'm both grateful and proud. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#been #behind #both #felt #grateful

Growing up is a process that never ends. It isn't a point you attain so you can say, Hooray, I'm grown up. Some people never grow up. And nobody ever finishes growing. Or shouldn't. If you stop you might as well quit. What I have to tell you is that it never gets any easier. It goes right on being rough forever. But nothing that's easy is worth anything. You ought to have learned that by now. What happens as you keep on growing is that all of a sudden you realize that it's more exciting and beautiful than scary and awful. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#inspirational #life #beauty

The path we have chosen is constitutional. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#constitutional #path

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#gentle #stern #yourself

Today is not just another ordinary day. It is an opportunity to do, or say, something that just might inspire someone to greater becoming...especially a wayward youth. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#quotes #students #youth #death

I'm very visionary, very big picture. ↗

— Max Azria

#big picture #i #picture #very #visionary

Sometimes you can learn, even from a bad experience. By coping you become stronger. The pain does not go away, but it becomes manageable. ↗

— Somaly Mam

#inspirational #learning #pain #experience