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The central character is an incomplete package of yearning that takes the length of the novel to complete. Completion, though, is not to be confused with perfection. ↗

— Patricia Hickman

#outer-banks #southern-fiction #southern-writers #inspirational

Im not a gangster, I'm just a brother who fights back. ↗

— Kevin Zarbailov

#life #philosophy #truth #inspirational

Failure does not connote that you achieved nothing. It denotes that you are on an adventure towards finding what will eventually advance you to the realization of your goals. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#goals #inspirational #motivational #the-fortune-in-failing #inspirational

Sooner or later, the man who learnt lessons from his failures will be the one to be sought first for guidance, counsel and formula on how to be successful in life's endeavours. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#inspirational #motivational #the-fortune-in-failing #inspirational

I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.” Mama reached up and smoothed Liza’s curls away from her face. “Well darlin’, that’s the sign of a life being lived. I think we’re all tired when we’re giving it our best. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#inspirational #life #moms #mothers #inspirational

Writer's block' is just a fancy way of saying 'I don't feel like doing any work today. ↗

— Meagan Spooner

#humor #inspirational #writer-s-block #writers #writing

The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn't prepared to work for. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#desire #determination #goals #greed #inspirational

There are people who need people to need them. The reason you don’t understand is because you’re not one of those people. You’d use me and then toss me away like a paper bag if that’s what it came down to. God fucked you, my friend. You’re just smart enough so it would hurt you to do that, and just hard enough so you’d go ahead and do it anyway. You wouldn’t be able to help yourself. ↗

— Stephen King

#inspirational #the-drawing-of-the-three #inspirational

The wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.' He left me alone to think about that. And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#gods #greek #greek-gods #greek-mythology #inspirational

Don't allow the pride, ego and insecurities of others stunt your growth. ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#growth #insecurities #inspirational #inspiring #pride