#ought

Some men think because they're afraid to do. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#thought-provoking #courage

You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#stress

The flock gets sight of a spot of blood on some chicken and they all go to peckin' at it, see, till they rip the chicken to shreds, blood and bones and feathers. But usually a couple of the flock gets spotted in the fracas, then it's their turn. And a few more gets spots and gets pecked to death, and more and more. Oh, a peckin' party can wipe out the whole flock in a matter of a few hours, buddy, I seen it. A mighty awesome sight. The only way to prevent it—with chickens—is to clip blinders on them. So's they can't see. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#death

One thing you have to realize from now on is that it doesn't matter if this is a dream or not. Survival depends on what you do, not what you think. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#life-experience #survival #thought-provoking #thoughts-on-life #dreams

Fly without wings; Dream with open eyes; See in darkness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #dreams #flying #literature #literature-quotes

Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.' 'Will you be all right?' 'I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#life #thought #truth #death

A word only writes Its night and rides Its dream. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #dream #literature #literature-quotes #night

Stay true to the dreams of thy youth. ↗

— Friedrich von Schiller

#thought-provoking #dreams

Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was. ↗

— Ransom Riggs

#mystery #stars #thought-provoking #mystery

The importance of setting a date, as in choosing a colour, is a matter of selection. Orange may be seen equally well as 'the decline and fall of red' or 'the rise and triumph of yellow'. ↗

— Donald Thomas

#history #thought-provoking #dating