#mm

Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it's to serve as a bad example ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life

The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain. ↗

— Tim Scott

#because #black #black community #called #community

Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life. ↗

— Charles Scribner, Jr.

#commonplace #cultivated #essential #everyday #everyday life

Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again. ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#disappointment #fear-of-commitment #love #relationships #risks

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#life

We are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#life

Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find? ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#life

It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness! ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#future #immortality #life #procreation #life

I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew what I wanted to do, more or less. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#australia #commuting #england #had #i

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. ↗

— Jane Addams

#good #incorporated #into #life #our