#lit

Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#book #description #dialogue #first #flip

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families

One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh. ↗

— D. L. Hughley

#beautiful things #even #ever #heard #i

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#big ones #comprised #duty #little #little people

Dreamers must dream on as long as the nightmare wakes them up to greet with a bucketful of reality ↗

— Munia Khan

#dreamers #dreams #reality #dreams

However, it required some years before the scientific community in general accepted that flexibility and disorder are very relevant molecular properties also in other systems. ↗

— Robert Huber

#also #before #community #disorder #flexibility

I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid. ↗

— Kate Hudson

#away #big #did #i #kid

Faith reminds us that change is always possible. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#christian-living #christianity #faith #politics #social-change

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#empty #empty stomach #fear #fierce #hunger

You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests. ↗

— Henry Irving

#everything #fancy #forth #into #intonation