#pat

Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#happiness #life #memory #pleasure #education

One cannot lead well until one learns to follow well. ↗

— Jacqueline Patricks

#leadership-characteristics #leadership-development #leading-vs-following #leadership

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. ↗

— Harper Lee

#life

Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#patience #simon #wit #life

To perceive is to suffer. ↗

— Aristotle

#life #suffer #understanding #life

I love you,Nora. Whatever happens, promise me you'll remember that. I don't care why you came into my life,only that you did. I don't remember all the things i did wrong. I remember what i did right, I remember you. You made my life meaningful. You made my life special. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#crescendo #nora-gray #life

There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#naruto #pace #patience #shikamaru-nara #time

Our bodies have five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing. But not to be overlooked are the senses of our souls: intuition, peace, foresight, trust, empathy. The differences between people lie in their use of these senses; most people don't know anything about the inner senses while a few people rely on them just as they rely on their physical senses, and in fact probably even more. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#foresight #human #human-senses #inspirational-quotes #intuition

Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#crescendo #fallen-angel #good-things #life #patch

I was terrified of what might have happened to you," I choked out. "I was terrified thinking the same about you." "The devilcraft-" I began. Patch exhaled beneath me, and my body dipped with his. His breath carried relief and raw emotion. His eyes, stripped of everything but sincerity, found mine. "My skin can be replaced. But you can't, Angel. When Dante left, I thought it was over. I thought I'd failed you. I've never prayed so hard in my life. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#finale #hush-hush #love #nora-grey #patch-and-nora