#philosophic

It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#philosophical #politics #wisdom #humor

I like people too much or not at all. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#humor

When there's a monster under your bed sometimes it really is best not to look. ↗

— Jocelynn Drake

#asylum-tales #humor #ignorance #philosophical #thoughts

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding in an hour. ↗

— John Green

#philosophical #realization #humor

The best things in life make you sweaty. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#life #love #meaning-of-life #philosophical #puberty

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#kahlan #philosophical #inspirational

We spend so much time creating a façade of what we want to project to the world, we almost forget what we ourselves are truly about in the process. ↗

— Jason R. Thrift

#inspirational #love #philosophical #simple #inspirational

It is not what we know that scares us, it is what we do not ↗

— A.G. Phillips

#inspirational #philosophical-reflection #scared #inspirational

Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal. ↗

— Miriam Darnell

#philosophical #inspirational

Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen. ↗

— Mark Z. Danielewski

#inspirational #philosophical-reflection #inspirational