#lines

We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist. So, for a time, if such a passion come to fruition, the man will get what he wants. He will get the moral support, the encouragement, the relief from the sense of loneliness, the assurance of his own worth. But these things pass away; inevitably they pass away as the shadows pass across sundials. It is sad, but it is so. The pages of the book will become familiar; the beautiful corner of the road will have been turned too many times. Well, this is the saddest story. ↗

— Ford Madox Ford

#insecurity #loneliness #beauty

Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55. ↗

— Kenneth H. Cooper

#attacks #attention #brought #cigarette #cigarette smoking

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness. ↗

— Norman Cousins

#eternal #his #human #human being #individual

There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#belly #drop #few #get #going

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#community #found #known #loneliness #long

She’s not just any Moroi. She’s royal. A princess. And you’ve seen how she is! Smart and strong and beautiful. She’s destined for great things, and one of them isn’t being involved with a controversial guardian like me. Her bloodline’s regal.Hell, I don’t even know who my dad is. Dating her is not even possible. My job is to protect her. To keep her safe. That’s where all my attention needs to be. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#eddie-castile #jill-mastrano #richelle-mead #beauty

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#could #down #i #lines #move

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. ↗

— Thucydides

#cultivate #greeks #loss #lovers #manliness

I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#book #communication #hard #i #information

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dignity #even #holiness #imagine #more