#path

I didn't think past the first step of anything, that was the key. I drank a Coke and didn't worry about how to recycle the can or about the acid puddling in my belly, acid so powerful it could strip clean a penny. We went to a dumb movie and I didn't worry about the offensive sexism or the lack of minorities in meaningful roles. I didn't even worry about anything that came next. Nothing had consequence, I was living in the moment, and I could feel myself getting shallower and dumber. But also happy. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#love #sociopath #love

...But as for Gabriel Sullivan." Ren reach out his six-fingered hand toward me. I clasped it. Warmth flooded me. But something else. Certainty. Trust. Compassion. Courage. He pulled his hand back, smiled. "That is all I can tell you. ↗

— Linnea Sinclair

#empathic #trust #courage

Did I have the courage to forge a path ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#bravery #courage #forge-a-path #courage

Do you know which is the greatest epic till date? ↗

— K. Hari Kumar

#chennai #epic #ghittorni #hindu #india

Why do humans always look at these things from the wrong perspective? Predators deserve our sympathy, too. ↗

— Beth Fantaskey

#predators #sympathy #dating

Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us. ↗

— Brent Weeks

#psychopathology #death

For the first time in her life she could see perfectly well how a person arrived on that flight path: needing an alternative to the present so badly, the only doorway was a high window. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#life

End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#end #journey #life #path #death

The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace ↗

— Mother Teresa

#love #mother #path #peace #prayer

This path was not that of my conscious choosing. But after persistent subconscious confrontation, I have finally embraced what is, 'souly' for me...and I am thankful, when called upon, to be able to share and give to those who seek their own way of the path. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#confrontation #conscious #embrace #give #journey