#now

When I say forever,' Koschei whispered, 'I mean until the black death of the world. An Ivan means just the present moment, the flickering light of it, in a green field, his mouth on yours. He means the stretching of that moment. But forever isn't bright; it isn't like that. Forever is cold and hard and final. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#forever #moment #now #death

Few things are more absurd than wise saws originally designed to inculcate or maintain the social needs of a society long past - when they are applied to today. ↗

— Idries Shah

#big-picture #lack-of-knowledge #lack-of-perspective #rigidity #design

Do you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#do you know #doubt #happened #horrible #i

I know my swing is going to be there. I don't need 600 swings in the cage; I know where it's at. ↗

— Jason Giambi

#going #i #know #need #swing

Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#ignorance #knowledge #life #life

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. ↗

— Langston Hughes

#hope #inspiration #knowledge #wisdom #dreams

If a person holds no ambitions in this world, he suffers unknowingly. If a person holds ambitions, he suffers knowingly, but very slowly. ↗

— Alan Lightman

#knowledge #tragedy #dreams

I had a dream about you. We were in the gold room where everyone finally gets what they want. You said Tell me about your books, your visions made of flesh and light and I said This is the Moon. This is the Sun. Let me name the stars for you. Let me take you there. The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube…We were in the gold room where everyone finally gets what they want, so I said What do you want, sweetheart? and you said Kiss me. Here I am leaving you clues. I am singing now while Rome burns. We are all just trying to be holy. My applejack, my silent night, just mash your lips against me. We are all going forward. None of us are going back. ↗

— Richard Siken

#dreams

A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#fear #keeps #leaving #lot #people

If I have to dangle myself in the water like a freaking minnow, I will. Those people don't deserve this type of treatment. ~Willow Mosby (Exposing ELE) ↗

— Rebecca Gober

#exposing-ele #hero #leadership #minnow #selfless