#usa

Nothing takes the romance and grandeur out of life than scrubbing stains out of sheets. ↗

— Susan Ee

#susan-ee #life

I've realized, over many years, that it is inescapable...anything can be art. Yet, in my heart, I have to believe there is an exception for musicals. ↗

— John P. Sousa

#funny-art-quotes #john-p-sousa #art

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#books #markus-zusak #reading #beauty

Seeing that a simple pressure of the hand Can make the symbol of my senses stand, What if I saw your body, where unite The lure of water and the gold of light. ↗

— Henry M. Christman

#sexual-arousal #beauty

Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

#man #refusal #signify #words #world

The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#technology #usability #art

How could I explain why I'd acted that way? How could I explain how scary it was, to find out that I needed her so much? Was I supposed to tell her how she'd changed everything? Like how U hadn't even realized how bad I felt until she'd made it better, just by looking at me. Like how I thought she was awesome, bad-ass ninja, and what I hated was the fact that I knew I couldn't protect her, when that's all I wanted to do. How could I explain, without sounding like a complete asshole, that I was so afraid of losing her I pushed her away? I couldn't. ↗

— Susan Bischoff

#chronicles #curfew #heroes #susan #sweet

Only God can change a season of war into a season of peace. Would you agree with me in prayer for peace? ↗

— Mike Evans

#jerusalem #jerusalem-books #change

I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#again #am #bare #does #englishmen

I feel the fear, but I walk fast toward it. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#courage #fear #i-am-the-messenger #inspirational #life