#pat

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart. ↗

We fell in love like the Fourth of July. But there was nothing red, white, and blue about it, because we fell in love in England, despite the fact that the colors on their flag are also red, white, and blue.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#patriotic #patriotism #love

The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#imagination #ireland #love #soul #imagination

Nowadays the standards had plummeted so far that I failed even at being a failure. I silently packed up. Nothing else was left. They had even robbed me of self-pity ↗

— Arthur Nersesian

#humor #pathos #standards #young-people #humor

Mom and Dad exchange a nervous glance and have a telepathic conversation about it. I hear every word. Do we let her out? It's past curfew. True, but look at that—at least she asked! I know! I can hardly believe it! She could have sneaked out, but she asked! I know! We're good parents! "What time will you be back?" Dad asks. ↗

— Courtney Summers

#parents #telepathic #humor

My sense of teasing is completely lost on you.", Patrick said, hoisting himself back up. "It's a shame too. Most people tell me my sense of humor is my best quality, only outdone by my otherworldly good looks. ↗

— Nicole Williams

#patrick #humor

The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#novel #reading #imagination

You have to imagine a waiting that is not impatient because it is timeless. ↗

— R.S. Thomas

#imagine #impatient #return #slow #timeless

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. ↗

— Albert Camus

#nationalism #patriotism #love

-I think you are inhuman. If I leave you, who will you go to? Would you find another lover? I said nothing. -Deny it,damn you! ↗