#liza

I didn't want it to be one good memory that led to a lot of bad ones. I wanted it to stay what it was, one amazing moment, something that was strong and sweet enough to stand on its own. Something I could remember without any pain. - Kate ↗

— Elizabeth Scott

#romance #teens #young-adult #teen

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. ↗

— Albert Camus

#self-centeredness #selfishness #happy

One in All All in One-- If only this is realized, No more worry about your not being perfect (175) ↗

— Edward Conze

#being #one #oneness #peace #perfection

Feeling - what authentic human fun! ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#lizard #vintage #crime

I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#crime

Rectory always sounded to me like a place you would find a proctologist. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dexter #lizard #vintage #crime

And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end. ↗

— Iain Pears

#friendship #dreams

I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me... ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#flowers

Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#civilization

I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#civilization