#mit

The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#equanimity #knowledge #meditation #mind #reality

The ones that landed near the bathroom are Bad Tolkien imitations or transcripts of a D&D adventure; bad Herbert, Heinlein, and Asimov are below the television; and these on the bed are the ones whose authors I want to hunt down personally and slap. ↗

— Sharyn McCrumb

#fanfiction #imitation #literary-criticism #literary-criticism

How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head fall into her arms and started crying quietly. "I miss him! Curse him! I miss him!" Mithorden put a hand on her shoulder and let her cry for a few minutes. A sad smile slowly spread across his face. "I'm glad you can forgive him," he said at last. Luthiel lifted her head. "How do you know?" Because you miss him. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#forgiveness #judgement #loss #luthiel #mithorden

It hadn't ever been on the table. Commitment had never been an option. There was never any love. ↗

— H. Raven Rose

#gay-love #gay-romance #homoerotica #true-love #love

I found it hateful, yet I wanted to be part of it. ↗

— Storm Constantine

#evil #humanity #society #love

Bo podía darle lo que ella quería. No cuando..." Dio algunos pasos en mi dirección. "No cuando mi corazón pertenece a otra persona ↗

— Richelle Mead

#love #rose-hathaway #spanish #love

People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I want to vomit—and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#people #vomit #love

He took a step toward me and whispered in my ear "I really did love you." Leaving out the unsaid word; Once. "Me too." Once. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#love #pushing-the-limits #love

Ben made me laugh. I was attracted to his attraction for me: the way he smiled for instance, whenever he saw me, that goofy kind of grin that hijacks the face of the helplessly smitten. ↗

— Cheryl Drake Harris

#crush #heart #in-love #laugh #love

I worship her, Bertie! I worship the very ground she treads on!" continued the patient, in a loud, penetrating voice. Fred thompson and one or two fellows had come in, and McGarry, the chappie behind the bar, was listening with his ears flapping. But there's no reticence about Bingo. He always reminds me of the hero of a musical comedy who takes the centre of the stage, gathers the boys round him in a circle, and tells them all about his love at the top of his voice. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#jeeves #love