#stance

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish. ↗

— David Trimble

#behind #dark #distance #forward #future

We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid is one which can employ a lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms. ↗

— Gilbert Newton Lewis

#another #atom #atoms #basic #complete

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#also #avert #change #continue #destruction

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#did #i #illegal #once #other

His dark hair was thick and looked so soft I had to resist the urge to touch it. Looking into his dark eyes was like falling into the stars, making me feel weightless and disoriented. ↗

— Gwen Hayes

#resistance

Where there is power, there is resistance. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#leftism #power #resistance #resistance

No matter how close, you are always too far. My eyes are drawn everywhere you are... ↗

— Cora Carmack

#song-lyrics #resistance

He drew in a shaky breath. "How can you ask me to let you die?" he choked, still keeping the blade at the prince's throat. A thread of blood formed under the knife, and ran down to Ash's collar. "I'd do anything for you, Meghan. Just...not that. Not that." Gently, I reached up and closed my fingers around the knife hilt, easing it down and away from Ash's neck. Puck resisted for a moment, then stepped back with a sob. The dagger fell from his grip and clanged to the floor. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#resistance

... In fact, it wouldn't hurt if you just spent the next few days inside. You can lock yourself in your room like Isabelle." "I'm not gonna do that." "Of course your not," said Jace, "because you live to torture me, don't you?" "Not everything, Jace, is about you," Clary said furiously. "Possibly," Jace said, "but you have to admit that the majority of things are." Clary resisted the urge to scream. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#resistance

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#resistance