#them

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#however #own #powers #strong #their

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#ignorance #our #proportion #them #things

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply

The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#innocent #lie #meet #round #seldom

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#because #break #create #each #ever

I do find it odd people choose to do stuff that makes them look like crazy Hollywood faces, but I've got zero judgment. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#crazy #faces #find #got #hollywood

I grew up playing field hockey and lacrosse - prep school sport - and I was terrible at them. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#grew #hockey #i #playing #playing field

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#annihilation #confront #danger #deadly #fall

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#agents #bribe #care #come #conduct

However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums. ↗

— David Bowie

#any #behind #concept #heathen #however