#mati

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. ↗

— Mary Ritter Beard

#automatically #been #beneath #carried #grievous

Barangkali itulah mengapa kematian ada, aku menduga. Mengapa kita mengenal konsep berpisah dan bersua. Terkadang kita memang harus berpisah dengan diri kita sendiri; dengan proyeksi. Diri yang telah menjelma menjadi manusia yang kita cinta. ↗

— Dee

#kematian #peluk #takdir #cinta

The Law saith, Where is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction? The Gospel saith, Christ is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction. ↗

— Patrick Hamilton

#inspirational-religious #reformation #inspirational

Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#frank-zhang #heroes-of-olympus #humor #mars #percy-jackson

I suppose that having lost true love once, I never wanted to replace it with a lukewarm approximation that would only serve to make me remember it forever. ↗

— Paola Kaufmann

#love #lukewarm #memory #true-love #love

We must remember that we cannot change others, we can only change ourselves. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#personal-transformation #respect #change

I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information." "And?" "The most valuable?" "People with information," I suggested. ↗

— Len Deighton

#information #valuable #business

Since knowledge and ideas are an important part of cultural heritage, social interaction and business transactions, they retain a special value for many societies. Logically, if the associated electronically formatted information is valued, preventive and detective measures are necessary to ensure minimum organizational impact from an IPR security breach. ↗

— Robert E. Davis

#governance-tree #information-security-governance #isg #it-governance #itg

There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#life-lessons #transformation #change

Elise?" He looked at her with a pleading, puppy-dog expression in his eyes. "Yes?" "I love you. ↗

— Nicky Charles

#i-love-you #law-of-the-lycans #love #nicky-charles #sweet