#it

The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#politics #men

Cunt again? It was odd how men like Suggs used that word to demean women when it was the only part of a woman they valued. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#asha-greyjoy #dance-with-dragons #song-of-ice-and-fire #men

I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense. ↗

— Henry Ford

#progress #zeitgeist #men

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#actors #humanity #mankind #stage #theater

Life starts from a white hole and ends in a black hole. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#end #hole #inspirational #life #start

She'd been a hard taskmistress - How can you be a grown-up if you can't look after yourself? she'd challenged - but she had taught him what no Greek mother ever taught a son: the basic humdrum skills required for independence. ↗

— Alison Fell

#greece #greek-men #mother-son #men

To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#authority

An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#authority

Being a writer is a good, good thing. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#books #story #writing #authority

But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrows in response. "Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said. "And I'm sure my blood is fan-tastic. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#quip #simon-lewis #responsibility