#ship

Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never any strength to throw away. One source of her inadequacy is the novelty of the occasion. She has never had practice in making the best of such a condition. Weakness is doubly weak by being new. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#relationships #love

There is a world out there, so new, so random and disassociated that it puts us all in danger. We talk online, we ‘friend’ each other when we don’t know who we are really talking to – we fuck strangers. We mistake almost anything for a relationship, a community of sorts, and yet, when we are with our families, in our communities, we are clueless, we short-circuit and immediately dive back into the digitized version – it is easier, because we can be both our truer selves and our fantasy selves all at once, with each carrying equal weight. ↗

— A.M. Homes

#technology #equality

Did you just kiss me?" Will inquired. Magnus made a slip-second decision. "No." "I thought-" "On occasion the aftereffects of the painkilling spells can result in hallucinations of the most bizarre sort." "Oh," Will said. "How peculiar. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor

It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#emotion #leadership #education

BE INSPIRED...REMAIN ENCOURAGED AND CONTINUE TO EDUCATE" READ... (WARNING)Don't Go There...This is her story. ↗

— Cynthia James

#education

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of. ↗

— Christina Westover

#books #censorship #christina-westover #freedom-of-the-press #passion

The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others. ↗

— Victor Manuel Rivera

#freedom #leadership #freedom

Such lonely, lost things you find on your way. It would be easier, if you were the only one lost. But lost children always find each other, in the dark, in the cold. It is as though they are magnetized and can only attract their like. How I would like to lead you to brave, stalwart friends who would protect you and play games with dice and teach you delightful songs that have no sad endings. If you would only leave cages locked and turn away from unloved Wyverns, you could stay Heartless. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#empathy #friends #friendship #lost #friendship

I wait, you play. You speak, I cave. I promise, you break. You game me, daily, you play me. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#friendship #games #love #love-story #passion

Friendship needs no words. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjöld

#friendship