#memo

(...) always regretted that good memory often prevents us from thinking for ourselves. ↗

— Frank Harris

#love

Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God. ↗

— J.D. Greear

#devotion #gifts #god #gospel #heart

Disney will never make a movie about my life story, and that's a shame--I'd make a really cute animated creature. ↗

— Kate Bornstein

#humor #memoir #love

Сколько времени помнишь запах человека, который тебя любил? А когда сама перестаешь любить? Мне нужны песочные часы. ↗

— Анна Гавальда

#memory #love

Gonzaga was the kind of place you’d not even think about loving until you’d left it for a couple of years. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#nostalgia #school #love

At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried to prise the pieces of him apart. Only when she failed had she finally let go, by then months had passed. She loved like she was going to war, but she was also not the kind of woman to wait for a man. Valiant in battle, noble in defeat. She walked away and never looked back ↗

— Aminatta Forna

#forna #love #memory #nenebah #love

So, we skipped Annabel, and discussed condoms. I said I liked the orange ones, and we ended our talk in laughter. ↗

— Steven Herrick

#memories #love

And afterwards, if you had asked any of the survivors how they had managed it, they would not have been able to tell you. It was as if those days in the forest, the escape to the city, had passed in a trance. The mind creates an alternative state. ↗

— Aminatta Forna

#forna #kai #love #memory #love

Era ancora troppo giovane per sapere che la memoria del cuore elimina i brutti ricordi e magnifica quelli belli, e che grazie a tale artificio risuciamo a tollerare il passato. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#passato #ricordi #love

When you start to realize: you are something that is precious to me, "Debug" me as you like; and when you have understand "addressing byte" and "memory mapping" of my heart, then i'm implore, accept me as I am ... ↗

— Aditia Rinaldi

#debug #it #life #love #memory-mapping