#kin

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

What is an "instant" death anyway? How long is an instant? Is it one second? Ten? The pain of those seconds must have been awful as her heart burst and her lungs collapsed and there was no air and no blood to her brain and only raw panic. What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding an hour. I doubt that an instant of blinding pain feels particularly instantaneous. ↗

— John Green

#death

If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#talking #writers #humor

Hey, Rosalie? Do you know how to drown a blonde? Stick a mirror to the bottom of a pool. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#dawn #humor #jacob #mirror #rosalie

Touch her, and I'll freeze your testicles off and put them in a jar. Understand? ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#faery #humor #julie-kagawa #meghan #prince

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ↗

— Mark Twain

#kindness #inspirational

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#consciousness #corruption #feet #individuality #mind

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#patience #perseverance #seeking #truth #life

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. ↗

— Henry James

#life

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. ↗

— Helen Keller

#challenges #enjoy-life #life #risk-taking #life