#serve

Trying, trying, always trying. Trying was my life. I was guaranteed nothing. ↗

— Lia Habel

#perserverance #zombies-hope #life

I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!) ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#perserverance #success #writing-life #life

Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse. ↗

— Kurt Eisner

#deserves #fears #greatest #national #people

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #love-worth #nicholas-sparks #safe-haven #love

You don’t deserve my image in your head. You don’t deserve my memories in your chest. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#deserve #hate-you #heart #jamie-weise #love-hate

We love those whom we serve (p. 26) ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#serve #service #love

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#company #deepest #drowsy #electrified #feel

With an ashamed sigh, I confessed, “You have seen nothing but the worst of me since then, Aeron. I’ve been a bitter, defiant, irrational shrew…and now I’m selfishly dragging you into a hopeless situation against your better judgment. What would possibly entice you to make good on a marriage proposal under such circumstances?” “You would…” his voice was gentle, as his troubled eyes searched mine. “If what I’ve seen is the worst of you…then it will be a miracle if I ever find a way to deserve you. ↗

— M.A. George

#marriage-proposal #paranormal-romance #marriage

Honest men are so very rare, they are often mistaken for criminals, for rebels, for madmen. What were your crimes, anyway, but to be different?' 'Robbery the first time, and I served seven years. When they caught me again there were eighty-four counts, with fourteen murders.' Cosca cocked an eyebrow. 'But we're you truly guilty?' 'Yes' He frowned for a moment then waved it away. 'Nobody's perfect. Lets leave the past behind us. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#men

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking. ↗

— Ron Paul

#federal-reserve #fiat #fiat-money #paper-money #war