#lie

It's all make believe, isn't it? ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#make #make believe

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ↗

— A. A. Milne

#always #believe #braver #me #promise

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#dance #god #how #i #knows

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#beauty #believe #belongs #future #their

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title, Romeo, Doth thy name! And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#romeo-and-juliet #art

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#business #disbelief #force #government #into

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#bravery #courage #fear #fears #inspirational

Nellie grinned. "I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world." "Sweet," put in Dan. "Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike." The au pair sighed. "Better than an eleven-year-old with a big mouth. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#dan-cahill #dates #nellie-gomez #romance #saladin

The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#inspirational #change

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#faith #faith