#temporary

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. ↗

— Leopold Von Ranke

#contemporary #contemporary world #does #future #high

In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my greatest enemy or friend may avoid me altogether on the third; so humbled is the aspiring spirit of my youth. ↗

— Edward John Trelawny

#youth-is-temporary #age

There are moments in your life that can change you forever, and you Norah, you are my forever moment. ↗

— Angela Richardson

#love #romance #change

I look around briefly at the other players like I always do before a game. Other than Queenie, Bill, and Talon, I don’t know any of them (and I don’t care enough about them to know them). But if there’s going to be any cordiality, any forced politeness or ‘Aw, shucks, let’s all just try to have a good time here tonight’ kind of blather, then now’s the time to get it out of the way before I get down to the business of screwing everyone out of their hopes and dreams. ↗

— Elle Lothlorien

#business

I underestimated your laziness.” “It’s pronounced intelligence, Kirk. ↗

— Abria Mattina

#new-adult #intelligence

I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall die, and die conclusively. How can we face such a fact, and not live in fear? ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#beat #death-and-dying #early-stories-and-other-writings #fear-of-death #fleeting-life

I mean this is the kind of love people dream about, poets write sonnets for, and well it's the kind of love that keeps people from losing faith in humanity and encourages people to believe that true love still exists and it's still powerful and still wonderful. (Quote from a reviewer of Loving Lily Lavender) ↗

— DeAnna Kinney

#new-adult-romance #dreams

A heartbeat without anything to support A body that fears its own warmth You who hates their own reflection Are you unable to face forward anymore? ↗

— Tiffany Fulton

#dreams

Dempseys are never in trouble. We just have stretches of life that are more interesting than others. ↗

— Jennifer Crusie

#trouble #life

Be careful who you choose as your friends because their bad habits can become your bad habits. Choose wisely...we all have a choice in life. ↗

— Mimi Jenkins

#adversity #contemporary-romance #faith-battle #fiction #inspirational