#livin

What they didn't want to believe, what they tried repeatedly to dismiss, was that whatever good and evil existed in the world came from within themselves and not from some abstract source. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#life-and-living #life-experience #world #experience

If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#life-and-living #trust #life

Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader. ↗

— Maya Banks

#cruelty #life #life-and-living #suffering #life

There would be a lot fewer of us screwing up the game of life so brilliantly, if there was always a right answer instead of just a best--or even a less bad--answer. ↗

— Claire Cross

#life-and-living #life-lessons #life

Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

#life

Do you think it will always be this way?" "What?" "I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?" I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. "I don't know," I said. "Tomorrow. ↗

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

#life

You only live once. But if you live your life right, once can mean everything! ↗

— Lorii Myers

#life

I was trying to help... The more I try to catch up, the farther I fall behind. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#life

Life is a constant balancing act, and keeping your balance is not always possible. The better you prepare yourself, the better your chances of regaining your balance when you lose it. ↗

— Walter C. Conner

#life

No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country, but I don't. Well, maybe I can get the family to a park two times a week, and out to the country once every two weeks. Maybe I have to send my child to a not-so-good school. Well, maybe we can read one or two good books together aloud. If you can't give them everything, give them something. ↗

— Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

#children #life-and-living #family