#sign

He was a very private person, and sometimes it seemed to me that he was no longer interested in the world or in other people... I got the feeling that Julián was living in the past, locked in his memories. Julián lived within himself, for his books and inside them - a comfortable prison of his own design." "You say this as if you envied him." "There are worse prisons than words. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#escape #literature #pain #prison #reading

A lot of people would kill for my life, but I didn’t even consider that. I took it—and you—for granted. I’m so, so sorry for that ↗

— Kody Keplinger

#design

DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Diety designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world's worship. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#design

Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived. ↗

— Mollie Marti

#authenticity #leadership #life-design #mentor #reflection

It is the very design of life to support life. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#design

Life has its rhythm ad we have ours. They’re designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity. (285) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#harmony #letting-go #life #rhythm #serenity

Mess with my weed again and I’ll be informing Daddy that there was an early casualty on the mission.” I saw him wince at my designation for Mircea and grinned. ↗

— Karen Chance

#louis-cesare #design

Design cannot rescue failed content. ↗

— Edward R. Tufte

#design

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#life-and-living #design

Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those miserable day jobs writing reviews. Will somebody help them, please? ↗

— David Ives

#humor #theatre #design