#la

The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets would be the very opposite of freedom. ↗

— Dahlia Lithwick

#jurisprudence #slate #freedom

Death cannot stop true love. That’s why it’s pointless for me to try to murder all my adoring female fans. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#adore #adoring #adulation #death #delusion

He cradled her face between his hands, angled his mouth over hers, and welcomed the bliss she offered. Boldly, she gave her tongue the freedom to roam within his mouth. She sighed. He moaned. He thought a man could become spoiled touching a woman. He might never want to touch stone again. Stone wasn't warm. It didn't alter its shape with the gentlest of pressures. Stone didn't breathe so he could feel its moisture on his face. Rocks didn't make soft sounds that he'd carry with him until the day he died. ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#clayton #lorraine-heath #meg #freedom

What is it like to be so free - so trapped, but so free? What kind of bird sings only when caught? What kind of slave outshines and rises above her master? ↗

— Courtney M. Privett

#freedom #slavery #freedom

Freedom for freedoms sake." ~R. Alan Woods [2006] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#grace-and-favor #liberty #r-alan-woods #freedom

LIberty is slavery. Or, well, you already know. P.S. Can you find my logo in the image? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#freedom #george-orwell #illustrator #jarod-kintz #liberty

When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain. ↗

— Criss Jami

#betterment #complain #complained #complainee #complainer

Balanced relationships are always based in freedom, not obligation. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#freedom #relationships #freedom

Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#life #religion #weep #death

I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught. ↗

— Erin Gruwell

#labels #perspective #pride #race #freedom