#provoking

Let your action manifest your thought, your belief and your passion. ↗

— Mohammed Ali Bapir

#ambition #belief #motivation #motivational #passion

What work do I have to do then?" said Will, but went on at once, "No, on second thought, don't tell me. I shall decide what I do. If you say my work is fighting, or healing, or exploring, or whatever you might say, I'll always be thinking about it. And if I do end up doing that, I'll be resentful because it'll feel as if I didn't have a choice, and if I don't do it, I'll feel guilty because I should. Whatever I do, I will choose it, no one else. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#materialism

In a zoo, we do for animals what we have done for ourselves with houses: we bring together in a small space what in the wild is spread out ↗

— Yann Martel Life of Pi

#thought-provoking

It had taunted, provoked, brushed its big, hard body against hers at every opportunity, and in general lounged about looking like the epically horny fairy it was reputed to be. ~Gabby's thoughts on Adam ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#gabby #karen-marie-moning #the-immortal-highlander #thought-provoking

The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the trip- the relative you cringe to kiss. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#thought-provoking

We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#thought-provoking #thought-provoking

I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous. It is a lesson I will never forget. ↗

— Charlotte Rogan

#thought-provoking

Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead. ↗

— Rebecca Wells

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She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#thought-provoking

This is how everything should end: with the forgotten remembered, the wounded healed, and the sinners forgiven. ↗

— Jenny Hollowell

#thought-provoking