#itch

One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is the very least question of definitions. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#philosophy #wicked #witch #life

Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#itch #lets #love #momentary #never

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out. ↗

— Paolo Bacigalupi

#stitches #life

But I needed this, Whit. I needed to pay him back. For stealing my life. For stealing our life together. - Celia ↗

— James Patterson

#james-pattereson #patterson #the-fire #whit #wisty

Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#dorothy #hope #ignorance #innocence #philosophy

i have the brain the size of a planet and you want to talk to me about life ↗

— Douglas Adams

#life

My father also told me that he felt free in that little hole in the ground, much freer than he felt outside, where he was always being chased by the criminals of the regime. That freedom came from inside, from his thoughts, from his soul; and nobody could take that from him. ↗

— Teodor Flonta

#life #love #secret-police #transylvania #vampires

Love is like an itch. Scratch that, no it isn’t.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#humor #itch #love #scratch #age

Poison Ivy tastes like an itch when you have it on your tongue, and I’d say that love tastes the same, only itchier. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#love #poison-ivy #taste #tongue #love

Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#faith #happiness #mitch-albom #satisfaction #faith