#p

The plight (and resistance) of children living in a wholly commercialized environment that equates “entertainment” with happiness, products with status, “things” with love, and that is terrified of the free (meaning un-commodified, unpurchaseable) imagination of the young. (Although children participate enthusiastically in the “love me so buy me” pattern, I think they are taught to think that way and that on some deep level they know what is being substituted.)- Tony Morrison -Interview - (The Big Box) ↗

— Tony Morrison

#imagination

Love is a feeling that is imposed on you. You cannot be lazy; it is up to you to make things work and make the best of it. ↗

— Kyra Gregory

#desire #feelings #love #relationships #sorrow

When God lays His finger on your heart it cannot help but be filled with love for others; if that doesn't happen there is nothing wrong with God's finger there is something wrong with your heart ↗

— rassool jibraeel snyman

#philosophical #philosophy #philosophy-of-life #philosophy-of-religion #religion

I'm a spiritual person, she said. "I believe in Allah, you know, though I don't always call It 'Allah' and I pray the way I want to pray. Sometimes I just look out at the stars and this love-fear thing comes over me, you know? And sometimes I might sit in a Christian church listening to them talk about Isa with a book of Hafiz in my hands instead of the hymnal. And you know what, Yusef? Sometimes, every once in a while, I get out my old rug and I pray like Muhammad prayed. I never learned the shit in Arabic and my knees are uncovered, but if Allah has a problem with that then what kind of Allah do we believe in? ↗

— Michael Muhammad Knight

#church #hafiz #islam #liberalism #muslim

Love is expressed. Words alone means nothing. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#love

If we possess narrative sympathy - enabling us to see the world from other's point of view - we cannot kill. If we do not, we cannot love. ↗

— Richard Kearney

#narrative #philosophy-of-life #love

Than Blood Spilling Wounds,The Words Of Hatred From Your Loved One's Causes You More Pain ↗

— Nithin Kumar

#love #pain #love

I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the romance. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#love #romance #love

Some people expect things to fall into their lap. Oh, they might work a bit for it. I'll just shake this tree, and if I shake it long enough that pretty red apple will plop right into my hand. Never occurs to them that they might have to climb the damn tree, fall out a couple times, get some scrapes and bruises before they get to that apple. Because if the apple's worth wanting, it's worth risking a broken neck. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#determination #humor #love #love

He’s jealous because lions are better hunters.”--Monroe “Are you compensating for something, Monroe?” --Bastian ↗

— Bethany Averie

#fairy-tales #fantasy #paranormal #romance #love