#t

His hold is tight, our fingers are laced, and he’s occasionally rubbing circles on the top of my hand with his thumb. These small gestures definitely make handholding seem more like an art. ↗

— Kim Karr

#river-wilde #art

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#growth

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#asks #liberty #nature #such #truth

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you. ↗

— Abraham Pais

#anything #because #caught #ever #get

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? ↗

— Abraham Pais

#cited #course #everyone #frequencies #fundamental

A man [Joyce] whose earliest stories appeared next to the manure prices in the Irish Homestead knew that columns of prose, like columns of shit, could both recultivate the earth. ↗

— Declan Kiberd

#james-joyce #joyce #literature #ulysses #art

The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

#philosophy #politics #life

The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move. ↗

— Abraham Pais

#anybody #assume #caught #game #honorable

I can let the team do the talking for me. ↗

— Bob Paisley

#i can #me #talking #team

I love the city and the people here. I've been with them for many years and I fought alongside them. ↗

— Bob Paisley

#been #city #fought #here #i