#pond

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read. ↗

— Elizabeth George Speare

#elizabeth-george-speare #witch-of-blackbird-pond #dreams

Damn you, spoilt creature; I shan’t make you love me any the more by giving myself away like this. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#love #writers #love

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#children #compliment #correspondence #hero #heroic

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#branch #education #every #given #giving

I responded to the request because during these times when we are asking so much of our men and women in the armed services it is especially important that we properly honor those who died in the service of their country. ↗

— Robert A. Brady

#armed services #asking #because #country #died

I will no longer let the fear of vicious comments or replies stop me from speaking what I believe to be right. I will also never give a message that everybody will agree with. I know that even my most faithful followers will never agree 100% with what I say. I also know that they know that and are fine with it. I am done letting the bullies win. They won’t anymore. Not here. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#blogs #bullies #bully #followers #negative

Time is such a waste of time to think about, because the longer you ponder it, the more of it you lose. And before you know it, you don’t know it, because you are nothing but dusty worm food. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #knowledge #loss #ponder

From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the paradox line Speak of Epoch's crime Oh I lied, it hasn't happened yet But bet you better believe it's such a habit that I just said that in a past mindset ↗

— Criss Jami

#curiosity #epoch #fantasy #imagination #lies

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#detect #only #prevent #respond #the only thing

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called. Ever wonder why? Your true name has the secret power to call you. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#call #calling #evoke #invoke #name