#ma

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#apparatus #challenge #conscience #humanity #legal

If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face. ↗

— Elizabeth Banks

#across #around #child #complain #ever

I realized I was a country person - I'm just not used to small spaces. ↗

— Alice Walker

#i #just #person #realized #small

Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#anybody #belong #boy #genius #go

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#love #making #music #own #really

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#am #being #certainly #fact #i

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#i #like #married #motivate #players

We are gods with anuses. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#human-condition #humor #philosofy #psychology #religion

What do you feel?” Curiosity hung in the air. Matt was thankful Darian didn’t walk out except now he had to explain himself. “I feel jittery.” “Oh, then it’s gotta be love.” Darian shook his head and turned away. Matt knew sarcasm when he heard it. He grabbed Darian’s elbow and pulled him into his arms. Darian’s hands were smashed to his chest and his face was very close to Matt’s. “I’m not letting you walk out.” He asserted. “You make me feel sick.” “Oh, that’s so much better. ↗

— Wade Kelly

#matt-dixon #when-love-is-not-enough #dreams