#nation

The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#others #self-doubt #uncertainty #value #self-determination

I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority. ↗

— Thorin

#self-determination

Never postpone until tomorrow what you can postpone until the day after. ↗

— Raoul Wallenberg

#procrastination #humor

Can you imagine a world without men? There'd be no crime, and lots of fat happy women. ↗

— Nicole Hollander

#men-and-women #imagination

I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing. ↗

— Joan Didion

#imagine #imagining #natural #writer #imagination

To lead a human life, a man must have a notion of himself as having a past and a future. ↗

— Mary Warnock

#imagination

...So please, be tolerant of those who describe a sporting moment as their best ever. We do not lack imagination, nor have we had sad and barren lives; it is just that real life is paler, duller, and contains less potential for unexpected delirium. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#life #sport #imagination

There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #imagination #mothers #sons #funny

I can't imagine what my life was before. I can't imagine ever being without you for very long again. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#couple #love #imagination

Memory is imagination in reverse. ↗

— Stephen Evans

#memory #imagination