#mma

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. ↗

— Joan Didion

#play

Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook... I tried not to think about him in the garden where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy to acertain his feelings for Harriet. I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden, they really are a drab little flower. And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done. ↗

— Jane Austen

#not-from-the-book #today

... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “I don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “I'll never see you again, will I?” He shook his head. “Not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely. She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “Then I'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “Or a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#emma #lisa-kleypas #love #nikki #dreams

My, my, aren't we upper class and therefore faultlessly grammatical. ↗

— Sharon Green

#humor #dreams

The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr. ↗

— Anonymous

#book #education #ink #inspirational #islam

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#immaturity #inexperience #education

If while on your way you meet no one your equal or better, steadily continue on your way alone. There is no fellowship with fools. ↗

— Dhammapada

#dhammapada #theravada #equality

God, you’re uptight. Did the aliens maybe forget to remove your anal probe? ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#erotica #to-command-and-collar #erotica

Kindness is a mark of faith, whoever is not; has no faith. ↗

— Muhammad (PBUH)

#islam #kindness #muhammad #religion #faith

Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#atheism #faith #mammals #religion #virtue