#own

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally. ↗

— John Grisham

#fault #going #had #i #lawyer

Just like science, there must be other kinds of sensations which haven't yet been felt by the human heart at all. ↗

— Toba Beta

#heart #life #out-there #sensation #unknown

The more I read the more I love to breathe life. ↗

— monica lizama

#life

We drink one another's health and spoil our own. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#drink #health #our #own #spoil

I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown. ↗

— Alice Barrett

#brown #did #episode #i #last

Having spent a long time in open spaces, whether sea or desert, it is a luxury to be able to take refuge in towns with narrow streets which provide a fragile fortress against the assaults of the infinite. There is such a sense of security against the boundless there, even if the murmur of the wave or the silence of the sands still pursue one through tortuous corridors. The winds, despite their subtle spirits, are themselves lost in the vestibules of this labyrinth and, unable to find a way through, whistle and turn in turbulence like demented dervishes. They will not break through the walls of this den in which life still pulsates in the shadows of humanity's black sun. ↗

— Georges Limbour

#nature #towns #life

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. ↗

— Dave Barry

#combines #down #face #fun #knocking

Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#except #own #stand #their #weapons

Oh, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Slaying a villain in the service of your king is the stuff of legends and what heroes are made of." [Fanen told Myron] "It didn't feel very heroic. It made me sick. I don't even know why I... no, that's a lie. I really have to stop doing that." [Myron said] "Doing what?" "Lying. (...) It's evidence of self loathing. You see, when you are so ashamed of your actions, thoughts, or intentions, you lie to hide it rather than accept yourself for who you really are. The idea of how others see you becomes more important than the reality of you. "It's like when a man would rather die than be thought of a coward. His life is not as important to him as his reputation. In the end, who is the braver? The man who dies rather than be thought of as a coward or the man who lives willing to face who he really is?" [Myron finished] "I'm sorry, you lost me there" Fanen said with a quizzical look. ↗

— Michael J. Sullivan

#life

We can either own our circumstances and be creative in them, or we can throw up our hands and say, I cannot be held accountable because the conditions are not ideal. ↗

— Patti Digh

#choose-our-own-destiny #create #keep-on-going #life