#na

Something that is yours forever is never precious ↗

— Chaim Potok

#love #my-name-is-asher-lev #value #life

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#inspirational #life #mottos #inspirational

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#human-nature #life #life

As a kid, I imagined lots of different scenarios for my life. I would be an astronaut. Maybe a cartoonist. A famous explorer or rock star. Never once did I see myself standing under the window of a house belonging to some druggie named Carbine, waiting for his yard gnome to steal his stash so I could get a cab back to a cheap motel where my friend, a neurotic, death-obsessed dwarf, was waiting for me so we could get on the road to an undefined place and a mysterious Dr. X, who would cure me of mad cow disease and stop a band of dark energy from destroying the universe. ↗

— Libba Bray

#crazy #imagination #quick-plot-summary #death

God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through Life with our eyes shut. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

#life

If you own this story you get to write the ending. ↗

— Brené Brown

#personal-responsibility #self #story #taking-ownership #life

There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#edna-pontellier #fiction #romance #life

Originality is the best form of rebellion. ↗

— Mike Sasso

#originality #protest #rebellion #life

Do you dislike your role in the story, your place in the shadow? What complaints do you have that the hobbits could not have heaved at Tolkin? You have been born into a narrative, you have been given freedom. Act, and act well until you reach your final scene. ↗

— N. D. Wilson

#inspirational #life #tolkien #freedom

The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world. ↗

— Anne Rice

#nature #origin #truth #life