#scarecrow

The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#life

Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#life

We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity. ↗

— Angela Carter

#love #scarecrow #love

For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#money #scarecrow #money