#ivan

Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black stranded downtown because they had no way out. ↗

— Al Roker

#because #black #covering #downtown #had

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890? ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#art #compared #dates #fact #feel

but the idea of the Dark Lord in possesion of the Deathstick is, I must admit, formidable. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#ollivander #the-wandmaker #death

I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs ↗

— Les Brown

#motivantional #dreams

Les enfants sont par définition des apprentis, et apprendre est l'activité humaine qui nécessite le moins de manipulation par autrui. La majeure partie de l'apprentissage n'est pas le resultat de l'instruction. Elle serait plutôt le résultat d'une participation dans un environnement chargé de sens. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#ivan-illich #society #education

Don’t let my youthful good looks confuse you. I now have two lifetimes of experience ↗

— Chloe Neill

#experience

One truth doesn't refute another. Truth doesn't lie in the object, but in how we see it. ↗

— Michael J. Sullivan

#michael-j-sullivan #truth #inspirational

This life of ours...human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up---no more flower. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#life

Fate. She'd never been a big beliver in things like that, had always believed that solid decisions and hard work were what paid off. And they had. But, really, it was getting to the point where it felt like the universe was screaming at her to pay attention! ↗

— Bella Andre

#gabe #megan #romance #the-sullivans #love

Hadley grabs the laminated safety instructions from the seat pocket in front of her and frowns at the cartoon men and women who seem weirdly delighted to be bailing out of a series of cartoon planes. Beside her, Oliver stifles a laugh, and she glances up again. “What?” “I’ve just never seen anyone actually read one of those things before,” “Well,” she says, “then you’re very lucky to be sitting next to me.” “Just in general?” She grins. “Well, particularly in case of an emergency.” “Right,” he says. “I feel incredibly safe. When I’m knocked unconscious by my tray table during some sort of emergency landing, I can’t wait to see all five-foot-nothing of you carry me out of here. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#oliver #love