#ness

We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#echoes #emptiness #hear #hearing #literature

Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#fiction #paranormal-romance-series #supernatural #trust #young-adult

He thought others were small; that was his greatness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #greatness #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#difference #literature #literature-quotes #minus #one

The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#happiness #humor #identity #intimacy #life

I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely verbal) incapacitates me. ↗

— Peter Cameron

#loner #social-awkwardness #humor

Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#nerdy #self-awareness #humor

Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it's trying to save its body. ↗

— George Carlin

#fitness #humor #humor

The shortest distance between two people is a smile. ↗

— Victor Borge

#kindness #music #victor-borge #humor

Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted" ~R. Alan Woods [2007] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-effort #r-alan-woods