#sob

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#family #i #know #life #my life

Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third. ↗

— Malcolm Lowry

#couple #days #die #god #good

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. ↗

— Pythagoras

#mind #passion #reason #rests #sobriety

I'm proud of you, honey. This is a positive thing to have in your life. I'm glad to see you moving in the right direction. I wasn't aware I was going in the wrong direction. ↗

— Eileen Cook

#life

People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#composed #fact #got #half #him

I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in; we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#deal #endeavor #existence #facts #fancy

Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life. ↗

— George A. Smith

#life #more #none #recklessly #sobered

You ask me why I don't speak Not a word at will But write so much worth well over a mill' Well I value words like I value kisses A sober one, a closer one penetrates the heart Darling it's how it mends it ↗

— Criss Jami

#beauty #hearts #kissing #love #lyrics

Was I being groomed for some special mission? What possible purpose could an existence like mine serve? When I wasn’t drinking in crappy bars, I was home by myself reading: a life that was achingly lonely, and yet perversely designed to prevent anybody from ever getting close enough to really know me. ↗

— Heather King

#sobriety #solitude #design

She was still getting organized, trying to get the books she'd taken out to fit into the shelf under the stroller. She would shove a book in, and then something, a juice cup, a Binky, or one disturbing Barbie-doll head, would fall out the other side. She would shove that back in, and then something else would leak out the other side. Her stroller was like a poorly designed clown car. I went over and helped. It was a good thing spatial relations were a strength of mine, because it required the geometry skills of Newton to get everything slotted into place. ↗

— Eileen Cook

#design