#rid

Death stalked toward us on padded feet.        And it was not alone. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#death #hybrid-vampires #leonora-bianchetti #showdown #vladec-salei

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. ↗

— Walter Scott

#death-and-dying #pride #walter-scott #wretch #death

Whatever exists is inevitably flawed. Buddha, in his detachment from the world, finds all its hustle and bustle ridiculous because he has nothing to do with it. A cynic finds the feelings of his fellow human beings ridiculous because he has no feelings himself. Someone who does not play soccer thinks it ridiculous to chase around after a little leather ball for hours at a time. He doesn't bother to ask whether this game might be a lot of fun. All he sees is the ridiculousness of grown men playing like little boys. People who do anything will no doubt appear ridiculous to people who do nothing. A person who acts can always make a fool of himself. A person who doesn't never runs that risk. We might even say that life is always ridiculous but death is never ridiculous. ↗

— Fritz Zorn

#death

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#being #comic #i #mind #quite

Three years? That's a thousand tomorrows, ma'am. ↗

— Karen Kingsbury

#bull-rider #cf #grief #horses #karen

Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He'd have to - you'd not grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself - no love, no respect! ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#love

Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#ridcully #students #love

Seek out your superiors and learn from them. Do not hide nor shy away from them for the sake of your pride for true pride is perceived, not in perceived skill, but in improvement. ↗

— Megan Webster

#pride #superiors #wisdom #inspirational

Our religion is the sum total of our habits ↗

— Chauncey Riddle

#habits #religion #religion

We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march? ↗

— John L. O'Sullivan

#pride #inspirational