#she

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted. ↗

— David Brin

#bringing #called #child #debt #full

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#because #contention #contests #defeat #harbor

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#fishes #go #i #joy #know

Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#around #ball #ball game #business #exciting

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#biography #like #many #men #rich

I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for. ↗

— Scott Brooks

#coach #day #every #every day #eyes

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts. ↗

— Heywood Broun

#beasts #beings #characteristic #chief #distinguishes

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon? ↗

— David R. Brower

#bed #decides #gets #guy #happens

The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody's a publisher. ↗

— Eric Brown

#everybody #going #joe #joined #professionals

I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash. ↗

— James Brown

#expensive #got #i #likes #she