#ip

But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the universe. ↗

— Carol Anshaw

#friendship #life #universe #family

what did you think would happen—best case? She’ll forget about you when you return to Caliban, you know that. Or do you think she won’t wish, that you can stay here with her? That for the rest of her life, she’ll put you above getting whatever she wishes for? Even better—that for the rest of her life, she won’t slip up and say something like ‘I wish it would stop raining’? You can’t win this. In the end, you’ll be in Caliban. She’ll forget you. And whatever ‘friendship’ you think you have will be gone. Relationships are not for immortals. A bird and a fish may long for each other, but where could they live? ↗

— Jackson Pearce

#genie #ifrit #friendship

I have a good life, I remind myself. There are plenty of people who love me. They're just not around at the moment. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#family #friendship #life #love #family

After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#called #death #even #into #moral

The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#certainty #creative #formulated #his #judgment

The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#dependent #disarmament #extent #first #great

I refuse to live life with unsettled differences”. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#forgiveness #john-paul-warren #leadership #motivation #pastor

Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs. ↗

— Glenn Greenwald

#censorship #freedom-of-speech #martyrdom #twitter #freedom

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#death #god #his #humanity #i

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. ↗