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Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. ↗

— Jack Gantos

#life #life

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#le-guin #souls #writing #art

Echoes can’t read minds. But when you get to know someone very well, you can read their expressions. Pay attention. It will happen to you too. ↗

— Dew Pellucid

#the-sound-and-the-echoes #wise-quotes #friendship

The bark on the tree was just a little softer. ↗

— Louis Sachar

#character #friendship #punishment #friendship

Friend is the person that holds your hand and touches your heart! ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#friendship

You know, when someone hurts my feelings, somehow it does not comfort me to know that it was deliberate... On the other hand, knowing that someone else thinks they are assholes helps a great deal." "I think that's some kind of rule for the universe. ↗

— John Barnes

#comradery #friendship #marti #universal #friendship

I agree with you,” Marron said quietly. “For what it’s worth.” Perry nodded in thanks. It was worth a lot just then. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#friendship #loyality #support #friendship

I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#boat #flying #i #interesting #interesting people

Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#friendship #solitude #friendship

...friendship is something you do. ↗

— Nuala O'Faolain

#friendship