#light

Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort. ↗

— Anne Rice

#loneliness

Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds. ↗

— Arthur Stanley Eddington

#nature #science #spirit #nature

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#darkness #light #stories #story #kate

Faith was praiseworthy, but should be seasoned with intelligence. ↗

— Dave Duncan

#faith

All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#kindlehighlight

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want ↗

— Randy Pausch

#kindlehighlight

He hadn’t been peeping intentionally; he’d been trying to sneak into my room. So that was slightly less creepy, I supposed. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

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How about you, Mockingjay? You feel totally safe?” “Oh, yeah. Right up until I got shot,” I say. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#kindlehighlight

I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#kindlehighlight

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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