#mart

To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it. ↗

— David Gerrold

#the-martian-child #writers #writing #writing-life #life

Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#auden-west #bikes #boys #capable-of-more #debutante

There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it. ↗

— Anne Holm

#consequences #i-am-david #life #smart #wisdom

I won't leave you. If you're in danger, then I should be with you. I won't let you risk your life alone. We're in this together, remember? That's what you told me when we ran away. ↗

— Kristine Pierce

#danger #gabriel #ran-away #you-ll-be-safe-here #life

sometime hate is just confused love! ↗

— Omar Tyree

#flyy-girl #girl #love #omartyree #love

We made mad love shadow love random love and abandoned love. Accidentally like a martyr. The hurt gets worse, and the heart gets harder. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#love

Love the people who love you back. ↗

— Laura Ruby

#smart #wise #love

I get all the arguments against it. I even get the one that says... "I don't know if I want to bring another kid into this world." But how do you argue with the logic of loving one that's already here? ↗

— John Cusack

#martian-child #love

Free love, man, Free Love! Which, by the way, was the single greatest concept a young man has ever heard. About three years late, women got wise an my frustration returned to normal levels. ↗

— Steve Martin

#memoir #steve-martin #love

If you take a bus, you should know when to get off!". ↗

— Master Iain Armstrong

#martial-arts #art