#thoughts

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#advocacy #amongst #any #doctrines #feel

I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares and whispers that followed me down the hall. ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#disconnecting #emma #emotional #escape #feelings

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#art #choosing #politeness #thoughts #your

Instead of bringing back 1600 plants, we might return from our journeys with a collection of small unfêted but life-enhancing thoughts. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#thoughts #travel #art

There's something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#thoughts #truth #beauty

Art is apotheosis; often, the complaint of beauty. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#art #beauty #complaint #dejan-stojanovic #literature

Life is a journey, but the best is who creates the most beautiful difference. ↗

— Adele Mandez

#beauty

Like almost every truly horrible thing that has ever happened in the history of our world, the end also began with a kiss. ↗

— Dennis Sharpe

#deep-thoughts #end-of-the-world #hauntingly-beautiful #truer-words-were-never-spoken #beauty

There are very few friends that will lie down with you on empty streets in the middle of the night, without a word. No questions, no asking why, just quietly lay there with you, observing the stars, until you're ready to get back up on your feet again and walk the last bit home, softly holding your hand as a quiet way of saying “I'm here”. It was a beautiful night. ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#empty-streets #free #friendship #love #night

He wore the evidence of thinking all over his face, open and easy to read. Leah envied him that confidence to show what he was feeling. ↗

— Lauren Dane

#feelings #thoughts #business