#sons

We learned about life from the books they told us not to read. ↗

— Antoinette Ingoldsby

#reading #life

Predict the inevitable,” she said, “and you’re bound to be right one day. ↗

— Hugh Howey

#life-lessons #life

If a person realized that everything people call happiness, love and joy was just a miscalculation based on a false premise, he'd feel a horrible emptiness inside. The only thing that could rouse him from his paralysis would be to gamble with his own face and the face of others. The person capable of that would be permitted anything. ↗

— Vladimir Bartol

#lessons #life #paralysis #solutionism #life

Amigos son los que en la prosperidad acuden al ser llamados y en las adversidades sin serlo. ↗

— Demetrio I. Rey de Macedonia.

#life-lessons #friendship

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#alternatives #appreciation #courage #honour #inspiring-quotes

Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own way. ↗

— Mohammed Ali Bapir

#courage-to-be-oneself #life-experience #life-lessons #make-a-difference #sacrifice

Even in the fiercest battles the Butterflies and Bee's still kiss the flowers. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#life

We can let go of the person or love or friendship without letting go of the lesson. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#dating #friendships #lessons #let-go #letting-go

There are those individuals who die for a cause, and we say they have made the ultimate sacrifice. We call them martyrs, and we never doubt their sincerity. Yet many others search their entire lives for something—or someone—worth dying for and this is very different. These are the lonely and the desperate, fearful that their lives have no meaning. They yearn for the bullet, if only someone else will pull the trigger. ↗

— Ilsa J. Bick

#life-lessons #suicide #death

A long time have I lived with you And now we must be going Separately to be together. Perhaps I shall be the wind To blur your smooth waters So that you do not see your face too much. Perhaps I shall be the star To guide your uncertain wings So that you have direction in the night. Perhaps I shall be the fire To separate your thoughts So that you do not give up. Perhaps I shall be the rain To open up the earth So that your seed may fall. Perhaps I shall be the snow To let your blossoms sleep So that you may bloom in spring. Perhaps I shall be the stream To play a song on the rock So that you are not alone. Perhaps I shall be a new mountain So that you always have a home. ↗

— Nancy Wood

#grief #loss #native-american #nature #seasons