#pear

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#because #exchange #hazardous #me #my soul

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#appear #gods #invoke #much #never

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest. ↗

— Charles Churchill

#credit #give #keep #lies #rest

Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#disappear #francs #future #hundred #i

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#appears #concerned #decreasing #increasing #large

I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace. ↗

— Daniel Clowes

#die #disappear #i #i think #just

I always appear smarter when I dress up in my giant nipple costume. I know this because I'll overhear people say things like, "At least he's not a complete boob. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#boob #costume #funny #humor #idiot

When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#awareness #becomes #begin #being #disappears

As a young man, Yeats spoke to me in a way I could understand. Shakespeare I couldn't understand, but Yeats I could. It was his subject matter and also I really admired the way he put his personal life on the line. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#also #could #his #i #life

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else. ↗

— Toni Collette

#becoming #being #challenge #else #fantastically