#too

When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bad-people #chances #discernment #evil #good

Believe it or not, some of us have piercings and tattoos and dye our hair because we think it looks pretty, not for any deep sociological reason. This isn't an act of protest against cultural or social repression. It's not a grand, deliberately defiant gesture against capitalists or feminists or any other social group. It's not even the fashion equivalent to sticking two fingers up at the world. The boring truth of it, Gabriel, is that I don't dress like this to hurt my parents or draw attention to myself or make a statement. I just do it because I think it looks nice. Disappointed? ↗

— Alex Bell

#piercings #tattoos #sociology

It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#books #cruel #discussing #dissecting #driving

Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#misunderstood #judgement

It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged. ↗

— Stephen King

#tools #writing #writing-craft

I believe everything you say," Tessa said with a smile, her hands creeping down from his waist to his weapons belt. Her fingers closed on the hilt of a dagger, and she yanked it from the belt, smiling as he looked down at her in surprise. She kissed his cheek and stepped back. "After all," she said, "you weren't lying about that tattoo of the dragon of Wales, were you? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#tessa-gray #wessa #will #will-herondale #will-s-dragon-tattoo

I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#revolver #sherlock-holmes #steel-poker #toothbrush #watson

Jesus was a man for simple people. He didn't make his messages incredibly complex. If you were a person that had the eyes to see and the ears to hear... then his message was easily understood. ↗

— Brandon Andress

#ears #eyes #hear #jesus #jesus-christ

Do not look too far for you will see nothing. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #nothing #philosophy

Als er een nieuw meisje met anorexia binnenkomt, dan ben ik hartstikke jaloers op haar. Want zij is dunner dan ik ben. ↗

— Victoria Farkas

#anorexic #bulimia #dun #dunner #eating-disorder