#lit

She slowly rolled the book over in her hands, memorizing the cover as she said goodbye. She flipped through the pages, feeling the air on her face and breathing in the smell of the paper. ↗

— Sage Steadman

#love

All our hope rests upon the possibility of a change of the laws which concern it, so that only rape or the comission of public offence, when this can be proved at the same time, shall be punishable. ↗

— Richard von Krafft-Ebing

#equity #gay-rights #homosexuality #hope #law

The only way we can change our world is to take responsibility for our part in it. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#inspirational-quotes #motivational-quotes #responsibility #change

our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy. ↗

— Sam Harris

#morality #neuroscience #change

Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#inspirational #young-adult-fiction #inspirational

Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality) ↗

— Mike Yaconelli

#inspirational #spirituality #inspirational

- O amor não se prova, nem se mede. É como Gabriela. Existe, isso basta - falou João Fulgêncio. - O facto de não se compreender ou explicar uma coisa não acaba com ela. Nada sei das estrelas, mas as vejo no céu, são a beleza da noite. ↗

— Jorge Amado

#inspirational #love #inspirational

I feel incendiary, a wildfire. My spirit licks at the gates of a very elaborate, customized, and distracting emotional Hades. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

How do you know? How best to ensure his nervous breakdown?" I ask. "Keep going," Christian says. "Just go on as if nothing has happened. We all hate that. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Flannel shirts should be outlawed for ex husbands; I realize this now. Flannel shirts are to women what crotchless panties are to men. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #husband #infidelity #marriage #seperation