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You own me with whispers like poetry. Your mouth is a melody I memorize. ↗

— The Civil Wars

#lyrics #poetry #song #the-civil-wars #the-tip-of-my-tongue

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#creativity #different #individuality #non-conformist #art

The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#creativity #philosophy #art

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. ↗

— Aminatta Forna

#survival #war #love

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#creativity #ideas #art

They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees, and the clouds, and the sky over their heads, and the earth under their feet. Perhaps their surrounding world, the strangers they met in the street, the landscapes drawn up for them to see on their walks, the rooms in which they lived and loved, were even more pleased with their love than they were themselves. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#love

You can give without loving ,but you can't love without giving. ↗

— Jazlyn Roehl

#love #love

I would see him, Edward.' It was no request; he knew it to be an ultimatum. He shook his head violently, not trusting his voice. Time passed. She was staring at him, saying nothing, and on her face was a look of stunned disbelief, of anguished accusation he knew would haunt him for the rest of his life. But when she spoke, her voice held no hint of tears. It was not a voice to offer either understanding or absolution, spoke of no quarter given, of a lifetime of love denied. 'God may forgive you for this,' she said, very slowly and distinctly, 'but I never shall. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#forgiveness

When there is no freedom, there is no creativity. ↗

— Soud Qbeilat

#creativity #culture #freedom #journalism #art

Love is the key to diversity ↗

— Cherrye S. Vasquez

#love #love