#tar

But I will confess 
that I began as an astronomer—a liking
for bright flashes, vast distances, unreachable things,
a hand stretched always toward the furthest limit—
and that my longing for you has not taken me
very far from that original desire
to inscribe a comet’s orbit around the walls
of our city, to gently stroke the surface of the stars. ↗

— Troy Jollimore

#inspirational #self #stars #the-origin-of-things #inspirational

She (Neytiri)said all energy is only borrowed, and one day you have to give it back. ↗

— Jake Sully Avatar

#nature #nature

The seas were found agitated, the few humans that remained, aimlessly. The reservoirs, without water. The animals, exhausted, the sky, black as the darkest coal. ↗

— Daniel Díez Ginestar

#diez #ginestar #global #inspirational #movie

At the root of great military leaders is their ability to genuinely care for people. ↗

— Bob Knowling

#military-leaders #inspirational

The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#conspiracy-theories #democracy #dictatorship #freedom #human-rights

Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish endured, the number of noble men and women lost in battle so that we as individuals might have a say in governing our country?  Honor the lives sacrificed for your freedoms. Vote. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#government #military #richelle #richelle-goodrich #rights

When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#night-sky #science #stars #science

...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal. ↗

— John Green

#hazel #john-green #protagonist #the-fault-in-our-stars #advertising

Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country. ↗

— Ellen Wilkinson

#country #given #hard #house #lives

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#bob-woodward #government #military #obama-s-war #war