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In an age of hope men looked up at the night sky and saw “the heavens." In an age of hopelessness they call it simply “space. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#hopelessness #humanity #peter-kreeft #age

Love is like a portable lamp/sex toy. The world calls those flashlights, but I’m much more romantic. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #love #romance #romantic #age

I’m learning sign language to be a better communicator and masturbator.
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— Jarod Kintz

#communicator #funny #humor #improvement #language

Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.” “I thought your mother was dead.” “She is.” “You have a very low standard for communication. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #humor #j-r-ward #rehvenge #communication

Frank couldn't breathe underwater. But where was he? Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- into a koi the size of a teen-aged boy. "dude." Percy sent his thoughts through the water, the way he spoke to other sea creatures. "A goldfish?" Frank's voice came back to him: "I freaked. We were talking about goldfish, so it was on my mind. Sue me. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#goldfish #humour #koi #percy-jackson #age

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#absence #afraid #brave #brave man #conquers

There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student. ↗

— Paul Graham

#hackers #humor #inspirational #painters #paul

I'm not senile," I snapped. "If I burn the house down it will be on purpose. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#old-age #age

If I am to be fallen into love, I will. And if as a result I will appear to be stupid, disillusioned, and of poor judgment, I will. And I would be damned if I cared what other people think. For I would rather be thought of as all of these things, than not love. If in loving, I become the naked woman on the horse, I will ride that horse with my head held high. This is my spirit. I am unbreakable. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#courage #fearless #fight-for-love #human #inspirational

When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#humans #life #age