#ra

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#perseverance #leadership

The fear of death can stop you but it cannot and will not stop death. ↗

— Saji Ijiyemi

#motivational #death

With painstaking rumination, the tips of his fingers grazed over my neck, a deafening silence. I didn't move as his hand paused at the base of my throat. He listened to the arrhythmic beating of my heart, my pulse thumping beneath his fingers. He kissed me along my neckline and throat. I almost burst apart from the longing. My blood burned for him. ↗

— Rae Hachton

#death-and-dying #ellie-piper #gothic-fantasy #gothic-romance #lovers

A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have to let her go. I won't tell anyone over the phone, because I didn't like hearing the news from the doctor that way. I have maybe a week to handle the arrangements, as the doctor said, but the arrangements are overwhelming. How do I learn how to run a family? How do I say goodbye to someone I love so much that I've forgotten just how much I love her? ↗

— Kaui Hart Hemmings

#funerals #saying-goodbye #death

We're fighting for a dream, for a life unlike anything we've ever known. ↗

— Heather Anastasiu

#inspirational #telek #zoe #dreams

The clothes have no emperor. ↗

— Stewart Elliott Guthrie

#religion #religion

Do what you love or die a slow death doing what you hate ↗

— Sonya Watson

#death

When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. ↗

— Billy Graham

#bravery #bravery

orang2 yg menang di hidup tidak selalu kuat, cepat, pintar. pada akhirnya yang menang adalah orang yang percaya pada dirinya sendiri. ↗

— Andrea Hirata

#life #optimism #inspirational

...stories break silence and nourish those who work, feel, and dream. From Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion ↗

— Carmen Naranjo

#stories #dreams