#t

The world is at its most fucking beautiful just before it's burning down. . . . ↗

— Jake Wilson

#destruction #world #art

Far above the mountains in the west, the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hoped returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#beauty

How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #beauty

I'm a firm believer in the hustle game. ↗

— Eric Snow

#firm #firm believer #game #hustle #i

I'm very happy and excited to be re-joining the Sixers family as a part of their broadcast team. I spent my best and most enthusiastic years of my NBA career with this organization and its fans and I truly feel honored and blessed to have been given this opportunity to return. ↗

— Eric Snow

#best #blessed #broadcast #career #enthusiastic

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over. ↗

— Eric Snow

#better #deeper #defensively #get #into

Sex keeps me in shape. I don't diet, I eat what I like. I love Mars bars and I smoke and drink. But I love running off in the middle of the day to make love. It really burns up calories. ↗

— Lisa Snowdon

#burns #calories #day #diet #drink

It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#clarity #costs #entitlement #informing #integrity

It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it. ↗

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

#enough #girdle #got #just #loosen

Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate. ↗

— Yasunari Kawabata

#beauty