#lan

There was a time when the Bengali language was an angry flood trying to break down her door. She would crawl into a closet and lock herself in, stuffing her ears to shut out those sounds. But a door was no defense against her parents' voices: it was in that language that they fought, and the sounds of their quarrels would always find ways of trickling in under the door and thorugh the cracks, the level rising until she thought she would drown in the flood...The accumulated resentsmnets of their life were always phrased in the language, so that for her its sound had come to represent the music of unhappiness. ↗

— Amitav Ghosh

#life

A day of Rest is always needed. ↗

— Solange nicole

#rest #self-improvement #solange #life

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck. ↗

— Tre Cool

#greatest #i #planet #rock #rock and roll

If words allow themselves to be handled, it is with the help of infinite carefulness. One has to welcome them, listen to the, before asking any service of them. Words are living things closely involved with human life. ↗

— Paul Nouge

#poetry #words #life

Breaking the kiss when she had reached the point where she had begun to hope he would never stop, he surged over her and she felt his need digging into her belly as he burrowed his face against her neck. "Don't torture me anymore. I am repentant. I swear." She opened her eyes to look at him as he lifted his head. His features were drawn and harsh with painful need. "I have never been more miserable in my life, Mellie, and the only way you could possibly make me more miserable is to leave where I can not even see you." Lifting a hand, she stroked his hard cheek. He turned his face into her palm, kissing it. "Don't make beg, Mellie." "Why?" A pained look flickered across his features. "Because I will, and my ego might never recover. ↗

— Julia Keaton

#melantha #ransom #stranger-in-my-bed #life

People who violate your boundaries are thieves. They steal time that doesn’t belong to them. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#empowerment #honor-yourself #time-investment #time-management #work-life-balance

I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have. ↗

— Alice Barrett

#broadway #broadway show #did #how #i

A brick could be used to motivate. Just hold it up as an example of something that’s going nowhere in life.

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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #life

Together a brick and a blanket create the perfect metaphor for life. Will you be a brick and make something of your life, or be a blanket and sleep your life away? ↗

— Amy Summers

#brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #metaphor #random

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet. Sarah L. (Sadie) Delany ↗

— Amy Hill Hearth

#having-our-say #life-is-short #life