#mit

What he'd do, he'd never go out to the length of the chain. He'd never even get out to where the chain got tight. Even if the mailman pulled up, or a salesman. Out of dignity, this dog pretended like he chose this one area to stay in that just happened to be inside the length of the chain. Nothing outside of that area right there interested him. He just had zero interest. So he never noticed the chain. He didn't hate it. The chain. He just up and made it not relevant. maybe he wasn't pretending--maybe he really up and chose that little circle for his own world. He had a power to him. All of his life on that chain. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#imposed-boundaries #limitations #life

A boy in the schoolyard handing out the very same love-letter to a bunch of girls. This is what I think of ‘limited editions’ in art photography. ↗

— AtheARTIST

#art-photography #commercialisation #limited-edition #art

I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#individuality #self-love #self-respect #love

I've given up on you...Love fades. Mine has. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#love

Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#always #become #books #captains #classics

Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #true-love #love

When you know my love, my love will warm you. ↗

— Ruby Dee

#love #love

I mean, it's not like he's Damon Salvatore hot ↗

— M. Leighton

#fan-girl #vampire #love

But also... well, you and I will both be Lissa's gaurdians someday. I need to protect her at all cost. If a pack of Strogoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her." "I know that. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out. "No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #love

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him. ↗

— John Milton

#imitate #learning #love #love