#not

This is poetry, but it is not delicate and fragile, a placid ocean beneath a Bible vese on an inspirational poster. This poetry had testicles. It's rougher than a rodeo. Which is why the cliffs are crowded with spectators ↗

— N.D. Wilson

#inspirational

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#blessings #count #day #every #every day

A man without courage is a boat in a frozen lake! Get rid of your fears! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#courage

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. ↗

— Socrates

#am #because #i #i am #intelligent

Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition. ↗

— John Pearson

#condition #death #else #eternal #nothing

Sometimes it seems the universe wants to be noticed.' That's what I believe. I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary? ↗

— John Green

#my-god #not-really #this #this-is-life #this-right-here

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. ↗

— George Orwell

#bound #disregard #fair #fair play #hatred

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. ↗

— Marie Curie

#fear #feared #less #may #more

The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up. ↗

— Amanda Peet

#did #i #jack #just #noticed

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#nothing #possible #sure