#lan

Landscapes we must owe something to the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Mary Lascelles

#nature #art

It had been a long night already, and now here I was, locked in another fight to the death. Sometimes it just didn't pay to leave the house. ↗

— Jennifer Estep

#elemental-assassin #gin-blanco #death

Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

#city-planning #urban #urban-planning #death

Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

#traffic #urban-planning #death

It is possible, I think, to say that... a Christian agriculture [is] formed upon the understanding that it is sinful for people to misuse or destroy what they did not make. The Creation is a unique, irreplaceable gift, therefore to be used with humility, respect, and skill. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#christianity #land #stewardship #respect

The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect--but, nearly invariably, the stupidest. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#respect

I believe language is infinitely malleable, a live being in our hands, which deserves our great respect and curiosity ↗

— Brian Kiteley

#respect

Gallantry emits respect. ↗

— Toba Beta

#respect #respect

If I say I will protect you, I will." ~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neill ↗

— Brenda Joyce

#heroic #romantic #romantic

A blanket could be considered part of performance art, if you’re inconsiderate and steal all the covers while we’re asleep—and film me shivering and twitching in the night. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny