#per

Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited where its votaries are in confidence, equality and unreserve. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#obedience #percy-shelley #equality

Eragon went to see the dragon for the first time since it had spoken to him. He approached apprehensively, aware now that it was an equal. "Eragon." "Is that all you can say?" he snapped. "Yes." His eyes widened at the unexpected reply, and he sat down roughly. Now it has a sense of humor. What next? ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#dragon #eragon #saphira #sarcasm #talk

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#inspirational #wisdom #experience

A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#experience

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#experience

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#life #pain #strength #tragedy #experience

Yes!” said Fang, punching the air. “Freaks rule. ↗

— James Patterson

#experience

Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#life-experience #experience

Nothing ever becomes real 'til it is experienced. ↗

— John Keats

#reality #experience

Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good. ↗

— Lora Brody

#food #humor #sex #experience