#rave

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

#also #been #before #began #did

My real mom died when I was born—hemorrhaged to death while giving birth to me, which has never been one of my favorite memories—and Dad married Denise before I’d turned a year. Without even asking my opinion on the matter. Denise and I never really clicked. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#darynda-jones #davidson #first-grave-on-the-right #death

I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#began #come #communication #folk #folk music

I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend," he says. "The one who will memorise the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body, Juliette- ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#tahereh-mafi #unravel-me #love

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. ↗

— Homer

#brave #brave man #cause #country #draws

Maybe these kids are just too young and too dumb to know about the first 13. Maybe they can't comprehend that the Braves have only won one World Series in those 13 years. ↗

— Tim Hudson

#braves #comprehend #dumb #first #just

My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible. ↗

— Pico Iyer

#air travel #california #christmas #each #far

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#courage #courage

I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other. ↗

— David Selby

#been #depend #difficult #each #family

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die. ↗

— Juliette Lewis

#continuing #did #die #ever #i