#sever

Vaughn is talking about the heat, and his voice is so excited that it breaks into whispers at times. He loves his madness the way a bird loves the sky. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#insanity #madness #sever #the-chemical-garden-trilogy #vaughn

You know, most men would get discouraged by now. Fortunately for you, I am not most men! ↗

— PePe Le Pew

#love #perseverance #humor

When we're alive, life consumes us. But when we die, all of the color and the motion is gone so quickly, it's as though it can no longer stand to be wasted on us. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#dying #life #sever #wither #death

We can change so many times in our lives. We're born into a family, and it's the only life we can imagine, but it changes. Buildings collapse. Fires burn. And the next second we're someplace else entirely, going through different motions and trying to keep up with this new person we've become. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#rhine-dystopian #sever #change

Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely. ↗

— Russell Banks

#severely

Victory belongs to the most persevering. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#most #persevering #victory

We are more severe judges of our own acts... We judge our thoughts, our intents, our secret curses, our secret hates, not only our acts. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#acts #judgement #life #reflection #self

Never never never give up. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#inspirational #perseverence #inspirational

The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available. ↗

— Roy Romer

#american #american dream #available #before #challenges

Go. Go right now, and as soon, and as often as you can. Keep going. ↗

— Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#perseverence #inspirational