#though

And listening to all the things they would do if they had these things, Wang Lung heard only of how much they would eat and sleep, and of what dainties they would eat that they had never tasted,and how they would gamble in this great tea shop and in that, and what pretty women they would buy for their lust, and above all, how none would ever work again, even as they rich man behind the wall never worked. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#thought-provoking

She may be an uggo, but that dress would turn anyone into a rock star. ↗

— Victoria Scott

#lol #rude-thoughts #lol

I have known them all of my life. I have always felt as existence even as a child. Now 48, I feel more alien than ever. To me, this world is strange. I could never call it home and still can't. I see other accomplishing things in life, I am stuck between good ideas. I go from loving to agitation in matter of minutes. I can't even fight because my weapons are nonexistent. My words cut deep and kill. Then get tired and want to be alone. Who am I. Not even I know. ↗

— Rebecca Anderson

#fear #health #mind #quotes #scared

Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up. ↗

— Louise Penny

#realtionship #sharing #thoughts #home

You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory! ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#men #thoughts #women #humor

I didn't used to be like this. I didn't believe in love and romance and swooning. My default setting was bitch ↗

— Elizabeth Norris

#thoughts-of-the-mind #love

Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#independent-thought #thought #humor

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people. ↗

— Pete Wentz

#humor #pete #thought #wentz #humor

subordination is insubordinate to nature ↗

— A.G Phillips

#nature

There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here are the doors onto the world and amazingly, you're free to choose any one you like. - Patrick Ness on Libraries ↗

— Patrick Ness

#libraries #thoughtful #inspirational