#thou

To go where no one else has ever gone before is the secret of heroism. ↗

#heroism #literature #literature-quotes #poetry #poetry-quotes

I imagined I was God for a millisecond And became speechless for a long time. ↗

#god #imagination #literature #literature-quotes #poetry

In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or some petty abuse of authority. If you have a political loyalty, you may be offered a shady reason for agreeing to a lie or a half-truth that serves some short-term purpose. Everybody devises tactics for getting through such moments; try behaving "as if" they need not be tolerated and are not inevitable. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#freethought #philosophy #bullying

Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#frank-zhang #wisdom #teenagers

I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself. No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodeness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know. My father: Erudite-born, Abnegation-grown. He often found it difficult to live up to the demands of his chosen faction, just as I did. But he tried, and he knew true selflessness when he saw it. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#love

She got icing all over her face. I think that's why I like her. For the good stuff, she's willing to get icing all over her face. Who wouldn't want a girl like that? ↗

— Laura Ruby

#funny #love #thoughtful #true #funny

If I hung out with Van Gogh, I don’t know what we’d do. We’d just play it by ear, I guess.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #funny #humor #random #random-thought

I can see myself before myself— A being through dark scenery. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#being #circling #dark #dark-scenery #dejan-stojanovic

All people are enslaved by something. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#literature #literature-quotes #people #poetry #poetry-quotes

When I want to be reminded of stupidity, especially my own, I turn on the TV. ↗