#life

The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless. ↗

— Hayao Miyazaki

#good #life

That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#maturity #youth #life

A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government ↗

— Spurious quote attributed to George Washington but never said by him .

#liberty #life #life

A lang, lang time ago…” MacPhee began, ignoring St.Vincent’s low groan, “there was a bonnie maid called Malvina. She was the betrothed of Oscar, the braw warrior who won her heart. Oscar bade his beloved tae wait for him while he went tae seek his fortune. But one black day Malvina received word that her lover had been killed in battle. He would lie forever in eternal rest in the faraway hills…lost in endless slumber…” “God, I envy him,” St. Vincent said feelingly, rubbing his own dark-circled eyes. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#life #humor

I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do." "A rule?" "If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule. Whenever I run into a wall I follow that rule, and it always works out. Even if it's hard going at the time. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life

You know, I’m really starting to hate the insect life around here,” he muttered. “Next time, remind me to bring a can of Off!” -Puck ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#the-bariars #life

I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fashion-quotes #life #living #money #wisdom

You make a difference about your life its,a nock on the head of mind setting your life you see the stars they shine across the way you build a bridge you make it shine the only way to make a diffrence is to help the community! ↗

— Demi Lovato

#community #mind-setting #life

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything. ↗

— Donald Miller

#life

That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life