#nature

I have an unshakable belief that mankind’s higher nature is on the whole still dormant. The greatest souls reveal excellencies of mind and heart which their lesser fellows possess-hidden, it is true, but there all the same. ↗

— Helen Keller

#human-nature #mind #optimism #nature

The nature of immortality is a mystery,' he says, speaking so softly that we have to lean closer to hear.' But everything I know of writing and reading tells me that this is true. I have felt it in these shelves and in others. ↗

— Robin Sloan

#reading #writing #nature

She watched with morbid fascination as they gathered at the stumps at the ends of the man's wrists, the old scar tissue the only place on him unclaimed by Fener, but the paths the sprites took to those stumps touched not a single tattooed line. The flies dance a dance of avoidance - but for all that, they were eager to dance. ↗

— Steven Erikson

#book-of-the-fallen #deadhouse-gates #laws-of-nature #life #malazan

I think everyone does. Even happy people. They may not admit it to anyone, but I think they feel it. I think they close their eyes, or go for a run, or take a long shower, so that hey can forget just for a second who they are and what they have to do day in and day out. Living is hard. And every day our feet get heavier and we pick up more baggage. So, we stop and take a breath, close our eyes, reset our minds. It's natural. As long as you open your eyes and keep going. (Cade) ↗

— Cora Carmack

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They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding. ↗

— Theresa Breslin

#etiquette #matteo #speaking #nature

The quest for human knowledge is quintessential element of being human, it's a part of our nature. We are all scientists and it's up to each and everyone of us to embark on our own self journey to inquiry. ↗

— Frank Huguenard

#knowledge #science #nature

A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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In the first place, you can't see anything from a car. ↗

— Ed Abbey

#close #life #looking #nature #noticing

Imagina que has aceptado la muerte, como algo inevitable.Desde pequeños sabemos que la muerte existe, que todos morimos algún día, pero no lo aceptas, no del todo. Piensas que la muerte es algo que sólo les pasa a los demás, que es algo perdido en un tiempo muy lejano, donde aún no has llegado, y donde nunca llegarás. Cumplir sesenta años te hace pensar en la muerte. En que, tal vez, el momento no esté tan lejos como esperabas. Una muerte rápida y natural, pero muerte a fin de cuentas. Y te da miedo pensar en ello. ↗

— Francisco Miguel Espinoza

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I hate math. It's hard, it's stupid, and it's nature's way of separating spinsters from women who end up breeding. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

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