#nic

By the sweet power of music: therefore the poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones and floods; since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, but music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night and his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #the-merchant-of-venice #change

Behind every stressful thought is the desire for things to be other than they are. ↗

— Toni Bernhard

#stress #inspirational

I think that if you have a horse, pegasus, qilin, or unicorn, you should sit on it! You should stroke its hair, whisper in its ear, be one with it! And you shouldn't feel sorry if other people don't have one. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #on-horseback #pegasus #qilin #self-empowerment

Eugenics, as discussed, evidently means the control of some men over the marriage and unmarriage of others; and probably means the control of the few over the marriage and unmarriage of the many ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#marriage

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #nicholas-sparks #the-last-song #marriage

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away. ↗

— Tom Waits

#cynicism #music #music

Unless I’m at a wedding, I don’t like veiled threats.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cynical #cynicism #marriage #threats #veil

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #nicholas-sparks #novels #romance #wedding

As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#fiction #message-in-a-bottle #nicholas-sparks #reality #romance

Coincidences give you opportunities to look more deeply into your existence. ↗

— Doug Dillon

#existence #inspiration #opportunities #opportunity #synchronicity