#jonathan

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#anger #aspiration #control #forgiveness #grow

I am sure people tell you this constantly but if you looked up 'incredibly beautiful' in the dictionary there would be a picture of you. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#beauty

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I believe I can achieve something in my life. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#determination #faith #jonathan-anthony-burkett #life #life-quotes

But Jace", Clary said. "Valentine taught him more than just fighting. He taught him languages, and how to play the piano" "That was Jocelyn's influence." Sebastian said her name unwillingly, as if he hated the sound of it. "She thought Valentine ought to be able to talk about books, art, music...not just killing things. He passed that on to Jace." A wrought iron blue gate rose to their left. Sebastian ducked under it and beckoned Clary to follow him. She didn't have to duck but went after him, her hands stuffed into her pockets. "What about you?" she asked. He held up his hands. They were unmistakably her mother's hands - dexterous, long-fingered, meant for holding a brush or a pen. "I learned to play the instruments of war, " he said, "and paint in blood. I am not like Jace. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jonathan #art

One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#bartimaeus-trilogy #jonathan-stroud #life

I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#jonathan #love #love

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love. ↗

— Richard Bach

#richard-bach #love

Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#jonathan-stroud #stroud #style

Apologies aren't something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#music

After years of begging, I got my parents to get me a little Craig tape recorder, a reel to reel. Then I started recording voices, or recording Jonathan Winters off television and stuff like that. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#begging #craig #get #got #i