#rig

The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world. ↗

— Anne Rice

#nature #origin #truth #life

No day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#life

you caught me" Luce said. "I'll always catch you when you fall" said Daniel ↗

— Lauren Kate

#luce #true-love #love

The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. It is a deep wound in society. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#human-rights #life #pro-choice #pro-life #life

Is not life exactly what it ought to be, in a certain sense? Isn't it only the naive who find all of this baffling? If you've a notion of what man's heart is, wouldn't you say that maybe the whole effort of man on earth to build a civilization is simply man's frantic and frightened attempt to hide himself from himself? ↗

— Richard Wright

#richard-wright #the-outsider #life

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things. ↗

— Deanna Raybourn

#intrigue #marriage #mystery #nicholas-brisbane #partnership

"One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so often the case, to steal a woman’s selfhood and her dreams." Mother to Sherlock, Mycroft, and Enola Holmes by author Nancy Springer ↗

— Vannessagrace

#drama #intrigue #mystery #priviate-investigator #thriller

When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#bar #burden #cannot #doubts #far

Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet. ↗

— Karrie Webb

#hit #i #maternal #me #now

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#animal-rights #animal-welfare #animals #attitude