#robert

But secretly I knew I had been transformed, moved by the revelation that human beings create art, that to be an artist was to see what others could not. ↗

— Patti Smith

#patti-smith #robert-mapplethorpe #art

Do you think the penis ever gets tired?" Whose? Anybody's. I mean anybody with one. Does the penis ever just think: for God's sake pal, give it a rest? Or is it all: Woo-who!! Here we go again! ↗

— J.D. Robb

#fantasy-in-death #in-death #j-d-robb #nora-roberts #peabody

Perhaps it is a testament to the power of modern marketing savvy that an obese man with heart disease and high blood pressure became one of the richest snake oil salesmen ever to live, selling a diet that promises to help you lose weight, to keep your heart healthy and to normalize your blood pressure. ↗

— T. Colin Campbell

#diet #nutrition #robert-atkins #diet

... unfortunately, freedom alone is not enough, by far. If there is a shortage of bread, a shortage of butter and fats, a shortage of textiles, and if housing conditions are bad, freedom will not carry you very far. It is very difficult, comrades, to live on freedom alone. ↗

— Robert Harris

#robert-harris #freedom

One proof of the inspiration of the Bible is that it has withstood so much poor preaching. ↗

— A.T. Robertson

#bible #scripture #inspirational

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#making-a-difference-in-the-world #robert-f-kennedy #inspirational

Nothing good ever comes of love. What comes of love is always something better ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#love #roberto-bolano #romance #women #love

Finally, mutually, and completely, they released all doubts, abandoned all fears, unwilling and unable to deny this overpowering love. ↗

— Emery Lee

#love #robert #romance #true-love #love

Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#love #nora-roberts #tom #love

Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old. ↗

— Robert Muchamore

#chocolate #james-adams #robert-muchamore #shadow-wave #violence