#loom

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#expect #flowers #heart #how #shall

Morning drew on apace. The air became more sharp and piercing, as its first dull hue: the death of night, rather than the birth of day: glimmered faintly in the sky. The objects which had looked dim and terrible in the darkness, grew more and more defined, and gradually resolved into their familiar shapes. The rain came down, thick and fast; and pattered, noisily, among the leafless bushes. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#gloom #morning #night #death

I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it. ↗

— Ryan Gosling

#control #death #fun #go #how

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#adversity #always #better #cherish #dark

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? ↗

— Nhat Hanh

#bloom #deal #just #make #much

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#art #art form #atlas #ayn #ayn rand

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#any #being #believe #better #bloomer

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#gloom #humour #i #indulgence #laugh

I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. ↗

— David Hockney

#day #draw #every #every day #flowers

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#cheerfulness #clouds #daylight #fills #flash