#nor

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. ↗

— Stephen King

#norms #politeness #reading #society #writing

I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand. ↗

— Barry Gibb

#blues #i #i am #ignorant #like

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#certain actors #had #honored #i #idolatry

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#came #consider #gloom #god #grief

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#among #his #honor #land #most

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#love is #nor #possessed #possesses #sufficient

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#against #derision #divinity #follow #footsteps

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so. ↗

— Althea Gibson

#just #life #live #make #normal

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#arrive #cross #frenchman #having #honor

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject. ↗

— Cass Gilbert

#before #ignorant #know #only #rashness