#la

I think I am mad sometimes. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#journalism

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#gossip #libel #reputation #rumor #slander

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#criticism #gossip #speech #gossip

no demon can posses you if you maintain the ability to turn and laugh at it ↗

— Rachel Roberts

#trials

Jamie," I said, "how, exactly, do you decide whether you're drunk?" Aroused by my voice, he swayed alarmingly to one side, but caught himself on the edge of the mantelpiece. His eyes drifted around the room, then fixed on my face. For an instant, they blazed clear and pellucid with intelligence. "och, easy, Sassenach, If ye can stand up, you're not drunk." He let go of the mantelpiece, took a step toward me, and crumpled slowly onto the hearth, eyes blank, and a wide, sweet smile on his dreaming face. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#drunk #jamie-fraser #dreams

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#conformity #counted #down #flattened #from time to time

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#different #i #laugh #me #same

He was too perfect, despite being one of the most imperfect people I knew. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#flaws #love #realizations #sydney-sage #love

Conform and be dull. ↗

— J. Frank Dobie

#conformity #dull #conformity

I'm not asexual. I'm arelationshipal. ↗