#philosophy

The historian records, but the novelist creates. ↗

Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#dorothy #hope #ignorance #innocence #philosophy

Writing starts with living. ↗

— L.L. Barkat

#writing-advice #writing-life #writing-philosophy #writing-process #life

To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference. ↗

— Gary Inbinder

#philosophy-of-life #life

There's a reason diehard fans get to the ballpark hours before game time. It’s not for better parking. It’s not for extra time to find our seats. It’s not so we’ll have time to down an extra hot dog, heavy on the mustard, prior to the first pitch. It’s called BP. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#baseball-philosophy-life #life

I miei gridi erano ben atroci, poiché le riviste che prima mi sollecitavano, ora mi respingono; ma la giustizia non può venire soffocata perché arde. Io non domando fama, io domando ascolto. ↗

— Sibilla Aleramo

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You can't do that, it makes too much sense. ↗

— Daven Anderson

#insight #philosophy-of-life #life

Не сме нито глупави, нито умни.Винаги сме някъде по средата.Това ни уморява и ни прави тъжни.Човек трябва да знае къде му е мястото. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#philosophy-of-life #life

Il faut cultiver nos jardins. ↗

— Voltaire

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One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be an idiocy, because it has been able to appeal to a majority. ↗