#ran

All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#come #existing #foul #into #may

I woke with sweat beading across my forehead and my hands balled into fists clutching the sheet over my eyes. The dreams. They were back. Haunting me relentlessly. I thought they were gone... I should've known better. (Rayne) ↗

— Kimberly Brockman

#haunting #nightmares #paranormal-romance #young-adult-fiction #dreams

It's hard not to want to strangle people when you work with them for four years. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#hard #people #strangle #them #want

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand. ↗

— James Thomson

#life #may #pictures #stand #statues

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#belong #heart #high #manners #may

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our Founding Fathers. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#branch #branches #checks #fathers #form

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy. ↗

— Ludwig Tieck

#brow #dead #departs #even #fame

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#becomes #grandmother #i #i am #i think

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue. ↗

— Guillermo del Toro

#dialogue #good #i #like #lot

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic. ↗