#lowe

We all deserve the love we think we deserve. ↗

— Chbosky

#coming-of-age #love #the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower #age

Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#death #flowers #holden-caulfield #j-d-salinger #death

You want these back, don't you? You want me out of here so you can come back and take over where you left off. I don't blame you. It's your body and your brain-and your life, even though you weren't able to make much use of it. I don't have the right to take it away from you. Nobody does. Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?... ↗

— Daniel Keyes

#flowers-for-algernon #death

The farther we've gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we've come to need Halloween. October Dreams: A celebration of Halloween ↗

— Paula Curan

#october-dreams #paula-curan #dreams

What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. ↗

— Dave Barry

#death #followed #forward #i #immaturity

The way I figure it ... every red-blooded boy wants to make out with some hot heroine from the comic books. So, you could, you know, fulfill that dream for me. Please. ↗

— Linda Robertson

#dreams

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#form #lowest #lowest form #punishment #rewards

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn. ↗

— Daniel Keyes

#education #flowers-for-algernon #intelligence #education

It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#experience

On the subject of who is to blame for our disunity - “The easy conclusion- that the devil is at work trying to destroy the church- is true, but itʼs not the whole story. Of course the enemy is at work doing that. But closer examination shows that much of the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the church itself-on believers in god-and how our own devilish deeds have alienated other followers of God. Sadly, weʼve done the devilʼs work for him. ↗

— Ed Galisewski

#christian #christians #church #devil #faith