#m

In short, I ran away. I was about to fall in love. Aside from being opposed to getting involved with a guy, I'm a dried-up old man, just like he said. He's too dazzling to be with me. He's beyond me. ↗

— Kou Yoneda

#falling-in-love #homosexuality #love #age

In the Middle Ages, cathendrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagining a World War II movie in the Pacific without a fighter plane shot down in flames. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#fire #imagination #middle-ages #obviousness #writing

You are old and grey,” she teased. “And you’re never too immortal for a spanking,” he shot back... ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#humor #humour #immortal #mary-and-gwain #sexy

Immortality like this is about as useful as sunscreen on a submarine. ↗

— Elizabeth Marx

#humor #immortality #reincarnation #death

The freedom of Cross Country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature. ↗

— Lynn Jennings

#freedom

Religion is the subjective experience. Science is the objective reality. To argue either is a ridiculous waste of time and energy. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#energy #reality #religion #science #waste-of-time

Jesus said, 'The Kingdom of God is within' and 'I only say what I hear the Father saying and I only do what I see the Father doing'. Therefore, It is something we experience, articulate, and do. The Kingdom of God is already here but not yet fully realized. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #experience

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#god #shedding-religion #spirituality #freedom

Because I was raised in a Christian culture I never considered myself to be a totally free human being. ↗

— James Baldwin

#condemnation #freedom #religion #freedom

The well of your soul will not experience the drought until in front of her will appear the moment of eternity to drink from the water of death. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#death