#ran

...dark furrow lines grid the snow, punctuated by orange abacus beads of pumpkins - now the crows own the field... ↗

#field #furrow-lines #grid #nature #orange-abacus

Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#nature

If we can understand each other, then is anything really beyond our reach? ↗

— Pearl North

#respect

He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching us. "I'm not sure I feel comfortable about the way your grandma looks at me," Ranger said. [Stephanie] "She wants to see you naked." "I wish you hadn't told me that, babe." "Everyone I know wants to see you naked." "And you?" "Never crossed my mind." I held my breath when I said it, and I hoped God wouldn't stike me down dead for lying. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#romance #parenting

...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#failure #father-son #father-son-conversation #father-son-relationship #fiction

Ridiculous! I couldn’t marry, mate, or whatever it entailed with Zane. He was a werewolf. With my assorted background I was all for interracial relationships. Interspecies? — The jury was still out on that possibility. - Chloe Carpenter/I Kissed a Dog ↗

— Carol Van Atta

#pnr #vampires #werewolf #werewolf-paranormal-romance #werewolves

One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#religion #willful-ignorance #religion

If God is for us, who can be against us? ↗

— Anonymous

#christianity #reassurance #religion #religion

People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#hatred #intolerance #narrow-mindedness #perception #persecution

Are you always so mistrusting?” he said, lifting a brow. “When my escort is a demon, yes. ↗