#tory

There was a saying that a man's true character was revealed in defeat. I thought it was also revealed in victory. ↗

— Alison Goodman

#defeat #victory #character

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger. ↗

— Stephen King

#writing #story

thus with a kiss I die ↗

— William Shakespeare

#romance #die

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#freedom #history #learn #lose #politics

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#my-story #suicide #commitment

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence. ↗

— George Eliot

#failure

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#violence #war #violence

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#purpose

All over the world major museums have bowed to the influence of Disney and become theme parks in their own right. The past, whether Renaissance Italy or Ancient Egypt, is re-assimilated and homogenized into its most digestible form. Desperate for the new, but disappointed with anything but the familiar, we recolonize past and future. The same trend can be seen in personal relationships, in the way people are expected to package themselves, their emotions and sexuality, in attractive and instantly appealing forms. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#disney #future #history #past #relationships

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#regret #stupidity #victory #ignorance