#stake

Stay away from any minute of joy that can bring you a lifetime of sorrow. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#dangers #fun #life #mistakes #no-joy

As you have seen the treachery of love because of me, I have seen my cruelty because of you. But you learned mercy from me, and from you I learned resilience. As you came to understand me enough to know the value I placed on selfless love, I understand your nature better. ↗

— D. Morgenstern

#learning-from-mistakes #love #relationships #understanding-oneself-and-others #love

When someone does the same mistake two times, either he's stupid, or he enjoyed the first time. ↗

— Fady A. Rezkalla

#mistakes #humor

Tawny shrugged. "I was overreacting. Typical big sister move. He explained why he did it, and it makes sense, in a slightly twisted way. He's not a bad guy. He's just a jerk. But a nice one." "That doesn't make any sense." "Men rarely do. ↗

— Chelsea M. Cameron

#funny #hunter-zaccadelli #my-favorite-mistake #tawny-caldwell #taylor-and-tawny

If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do," said Magnus, still looking at Alec, "you will never learn from your mistakes. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-bones #learning #magnus-bane #mistakes #magnus-bane

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#fire #humor #mistakes #ship #humor

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

#best #circumstances #failure #may #mistake

Frankly, I've got to admit that I'm not perfect and have made some mistakes as some of the colourful stories about me reveal. ↗

— Peter Slipper

#admit #frankly #got #i #made

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage. ↗

— Ringo Starr

#bands #drums #i #joined #made

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#again #because #being #club #desired