#lt

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#draft #else #equal #passion #someone

Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth. ↗

— Lucy Parsons

#equality

Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding. ↗

— Langston Hughes

#poetry #seeking #walt-whitman #equality

For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is triumphant when it makes that which was unequal equal in love. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#exultant #kierkegaard #love #triumphant #equality

In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn't translate into a rich mosaic of colorful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse. ↗

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#equality

Charlie massaged his right cheek, feeling a slight sting. “It doesn’t hurt much. I don’t know how it looks” – he lowered his hand and turned his face to the side – “but it can’t be that bad. What do you think? You’d date me, right?” Alex pushed him away, grinning. “You’re an idiot. ↗

— Alecia Stone

#magic #romance #teen-fiction #dating

No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway. ↗

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

#humour #romance #young-adult #young-adult-romance #dating

A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin. ↗

— Criss Jami

#confronting-problems #degrading #demeaning #equal #equality

For everyone you create to be dependent on you, you are equally dependent on them. Neither relationship is healthy. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#healthy-living #equality

If God didn't make men equal, Samuel Colt did. ↗