#nora

Martha said, "Do you have any idea of the kind of surprise your brothers are in for sooner or later? Or are you doing it on purpose?" Cord put his hat on and pulled it low, hiding his eyes. "Grown man walks around with his eyes shut tight, he shouldn't be surprised if he bumps into something he didn't see. You aren't trying to convince anybody of anything they don't want to believe." Martha laughed. "You win. I just hope I'm there when the blind men hit the wall. ↗

— Ellen O'Connell

#men

Nice try,' he murmured, his lips brushing mine as he spoke. I nibbled his lower lip. 'If you could see into my past just by touching my back, you'd have a hard time resisting the temptation too.' 'I have a hard time keeping my hands off you without that added bonus. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#nora-grey #patch-cipriano #temptation

Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line drawn down the middle, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#patch #sleep

Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#intolerance #prejudice #racism #tolerance #defeat

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago. ↗

— Bernard Berenson

#consistency #ignorant #requires #today #were

How did I get where I am.” If your answer is anything but dumb luck then you are sadly deluding yourself. ↗

— Steve Merrick

#sci-fi #stevesevilempire #sci-fi

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission. ↗

— James Bovard

#easier #fear #frighten #government #ignorant

He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#fyodor-dostoevsky #hipsters #ignorance #politics #wisdom

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#master #our #peace #possibility #real

I can't help thinking if she - the director of a government agency - is this ignorant about what funding is available and where the money comes from - how often lower-level bureaucrats must give wrong answers when people are looking for help to start a business. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#agency #answers #available #bureaucrats #business