#message

She stayed beside me until I slept, waveringly, brilliantly, hooded in diaphanous scarlet, and occasionally she left an imperative written in lipstick on my dusty windowpane. BE AMOROUS! she exhorted one night and, another night, BE MYSTERIOUS! Some nights later, she scribbled: WHEN YOU BEGIN TO THINK, YOU LOSE THE POINT. ↗

— Angela Carter

#desire #dreams #lipstick #messages #mirrors

ألم أرَ في منامي كأن سلسلة من فضة خرجت من ظهري لها طرف في السماء و طرف في الأرض، و طرف في المشرق و طرف في المغرب، ثم كأنها شجرة على كل ورقة منها نور، و إذا أهل المشرق و المغرب و كأنهم يتعلقون بها و يحمدونها...فلنسمِ المولود محمداً ↗

— توفيق الحكيم

#light #message #messenger #inspirational

My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly. ↗

— Philip E. Berger

#articulate #assembly #colleagues #confidence #conservative

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#best #book #books #each #how

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ↗

— Eleonora Duse

#blade #blue #fields #fills #grass

He is in a gunfight right now. I'm gonna have to take a message. ↗

— Erika Eleniak

#i #message #now #right #take

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#absolute #act #always #decisions #great

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. ↗

— John Ford

#heart #message #speak #tongue #well

The Message of Mohammad is not a set of metaphysical phenomena. It is a complete civilization. ↗

— W.A.R. Gibb

#atheist #christian #civilization #complete #earth

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#boundaries #explore #given #increasingly #message