#pain

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#excitement #go #grass #grow #investing

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#hard #joints #muscles #pain #physical

Why talk when you can paint? ↗

— Milton Avery

#talk #why #you

I always feel attacked when I'm asked about my painting. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

#always #asked #attacked #feel #i

Alannah took a step back. “Brennus, are you intoxicated?” “I am King Brennus. I do not become intoxicated. I am intoxicating.” Alannah let out another giggle. “This is not like you. How much have you had?” Brennus leaned his shoulder against the wall. “Two, maybe three.” “Glasses?” “Bottles. ↗

— B.C. Morin

#humor #love #pain #tortured-soul #love

There had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was an entity more persistent. ↗

— Jack Vance

#pain #pleasure #pride #love

And still we love the evil cause And of the just effect complain; We tread upon life's broken laws And murmur at our self-inflicted pain. ↗

— John Greenleaf Whittier

#life

I grinned. “So you are human after all.” I touched his chest, feeling him breathe hard in and out. “I always thought you were made of steel, you know,” I said. “Superman?” Nat arched his eyebrows. “No, the Tin Man,” I answered back. I settled my head against his chest, turning my ear to listen to his heartbeat. “I sometimes wondered if you had a heart.” - Summer, Perfect Summer ↗

— Kailin Gow

#desires #kailin-gow #love #loving-summer-series #nat-donovan

Never believe anyone saying : I love you .. when the only thing they do is damaging you like a hater. ↗

— Nada AlOmair

#love

The reality of our life is in love, in solidarity,” said a tall, soft-eyed girl. “Love is the true condition of human life.” Bedap shook his head. “No. Shev’s right,” he said. “Love’s just one of the ways through, and it can go wrong, and miss. Pain never misses. But therefore we don’t have much choice about enduring it! We will, whether we want to or not. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#pain #love