#ted

I’d always imagined that I’d come up with something clever and pithy when it came to my last words, but as I stood there staring at those horrifying green eyes, I settled for a little startled profanity. How embarrassing. ↗

— Kate SeRine

#red #transplanted-tales #imagination

You loved me-then what right had you to leave me? What right-answer me-for the poor fancy you felt for Linton? Because misery and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart- you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine." ~Heathcliff ↗

— Emily Brontë

#unrequited-love #death

All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of '38, '39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#behind #going #had #infinitely #instance

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#anticipated #better #crops #drought #more

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour, I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him. ↗

— Henry Villard

#come #details #did #familiarity #flattered

Hearts are breakable," Isabelle said. "And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before". ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#healing #heartbreak #inspirational #love #inspirational

Well-behaved women seldom make history. ↗

— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

#it-s-so-true #misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt #women #inspirational

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#inspiration #liberty #political-philosophy #strength #tyranny

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#desperation #hope #inspiration #misattributed #tenacity

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#again #almost #been #career #failed