#tru

I lay my head on his chest and listen to his heart beating, solid and sure.....he reads me so well. He's known about my emotional empathy since we were children. Nothing disturbs him...Few can lie to me... I don't know the truth, only that there is a lie. It takes a scrupulously honest man to love me. That's my Sean. We learned to trust each other completely before we were old enough to have learned suspicion. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#romance #truth-inspirational #inspirational

Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one's self. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #inspirational #love #inspirational

Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's going to publish it. Third, they think somebody's going to read it. Fourth, they think somebody's going to like it. How optimistic is that? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#inspirational #instructional #literary #education

Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that? ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#christian #god #inspirational #jesus #love

I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#truth #wisdom #inspirational

Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping it's life away. To hell with that," he said, "shake the tree and knock the great sloth down on his ass. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#life #living-life-to-the-fullest #trust #inspirational

Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing. ↗

— T.L. Crain

#truth-inspirational #writing-craft #writing-from-the-heart #humor

Jack was unexpectedly moved when he swore allegiance to the king and country. He had served both for years, could easily have laid down his life. Yet it was different to pledge his loyalty and best efforts toward governing this nation. Dying was easier than making good laws. ↗

— Mary Jo Putney

#marriage

Men trust God by risking rejection. Women trust God by waiting. ↗

— Carolyn McCulley

#men #trust #waiting #women #men

Blessed is he who believes in the illusion because thus he can find his great truth! ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#wisdom-inspirational #inspirational