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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

You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believed in God. I told you of course I do- I've always had a strong sense of self. Your house is quiet now, you're sleeping upstairs and I'm alone with this blasted, idiotic book that purports to tally the sum of my life, and fact is, maybe I do. But maybe, ka-lyrra, your God doesn't believe in me. -- From The (Greatly Revised) Black Edition Of The O'Callaghan Book of the Sin Siriche Du ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#immortal-highlander #karen-marie-moning #sin-siriche-du #life

try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#life #marilyn-monroe #miserable #life

I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#columbia university #continue #eighteen #graduate #graduate student

You view the gods as entities without," Montolio tried to explain. "You see them as physical beings trying to control our actions for their own ends, and thus you, in your stubborn independance, reject them. The gods are within, I say, whether one has named his own or not. You have followed Mielikki all your life, Drizzt. You merely never had a name to put on your heart. ↗

— R.A. Salvatore

#god #heart #mielikki #montolio #sojourn

Resistance is common to the unusual. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #resistance #unusual #life

The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States. ↗

— Carlos Alvarez

#available #became #brand #corona #exclusively

It does not suit the world to hear that people who are leading a high life, an enviable life, a privileged life are as miserable most days as anybody else, despite the fact that it must be obvious they would be - given that we are all agreed that money and fame do not bring happiness. Instead the world would prefer to enjoy the idea, against what it knows to be true, that wealth and fame do in fact insulate and protect against misery and it would rather we shut up if we are planning to indicate otherwise. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#money #wealth #life

He didn't just kiss, he claimed ownership. Took her mouth with urgency, as if his life depended on his kissing her. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#karen-marie-moning #the-dark-highlander #life

Patience, grasshoper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that was 'good things come to those who do the wave'," said Simon. "No wonder I've been confused all my life. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #life