#mage

The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#color

I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#sad #safe #safety #safety

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician ↗

— Charles Chaplin

#self-image #politicians

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#self-image #sense-of-self #stories #storytelling #story

When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children ↗

— Pat Conroy

#damage #divorce #divorce

I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see. ↗

— Douglas Pagels

#judgement #superficiality #awareness

Its not over, until the Lord says its over. ↗

— T.D. Jakes

#judgement-day #judgement