#middle

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#frodo #lord-of-the-rings #middle-earth #tolkien #business

From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now." And he was, with a smile. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#j-r-ward #king #lover-reborn #middle-finger #rehvenge

They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#love

First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and the world. It looks at things objectively (yathābhūtam). It does not falsely lull you into living in a fool's paradise, nor does it frighten and agonize you with all kinds of imaginary fears and sins. It tells you exactly and objectively what you are and what the world around you is, and shows you the way to perfect freedom, peace, tranquility and happiness. ↗

— Walpola Rahula

#buddhism #middle-path #middle-way #objectivism #objectivity

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound like a very long one, but the novel as art is a middle-aged art. ↗

— Jane Rule

#apprenticeship #art #cut #forty #had

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. ↗

— Hervey Allen

#keeping #middle-aged #only #senses #their

Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so. ↗

— George Ball

#bias #east #middle #middle east #most

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. ↗

— Tony Benn

#bias #i #i am #middle #radical

You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise. ↗

— Mike Davidson

#artistic #being #compromise #designer #destination

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#enormous #middle #millions #people #starving