#on

... Because the writer resented that she had turned to me I became the handsome and dazed narrator, incapable of love or kindness. That's how I became the damaged party boy who wandered through the wreckage, blood streaming from his nose, asking questions that never required answers. That's how I became the boy who never understood how anything worked. That's how I became the boy who wouldn't save a friend. That's how I became the boy who couldn't love the girl. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#jealousy #resentment #jealousy

The only people for me are the ones who spill things, the ones who drop their cups sometimes, the ones who get dirty hands and messy hair, the ones who can go barefoot if they feel like it, the people who forget things, and can laugh at themselves every day... ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#going-barefoot #happiness #inspirational-living #inspirational-people #inspirational-quotes

How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn't love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#love #inspirational

You can't truly appreciate the top if you've never hit rock bottom. ↗

— Vanna B.

#bottom #inspiration #motivational #struggle #top

And even if you hate her, can't stand her, even if she's ruining your life, there's something about her, some romance, some power. She's absolutely herself. No matter how hard you try, you'll never get to her. And when she dies, the world will be flat, too simple, reasonable, fair. ↗

— Mona Simpson

#mother #movie-quote #inspirational

When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too. ↗

— Nikos Kazantzakis

#religious #inspirational

He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#sci-fi #inspirational

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#inspirational

Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz -- Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. ↗

— Benito Juárez

#politics #inspirational

Teman, cobalah untuk selalu mengingat setiap kebaikan dan kebahagiaan yg kita miliki. Simpanlah semua itu di dalam kekokohan hati kita agar tak ada yg mampu menghapusnya. Torehkan kenangan bahagia itu agar tak ada angin kesedihan yg mampu melenyapkannya. ↗

— Irfan Toni Herlambang

#inspirational