#val

Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate the whole. ↗

— B.W. Powe

#opinions #philosophy #value #ideology

He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#blondes #leo-valdez #idea

People with weaknesses get killed by the people who lack them. Notice I'm not dead. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#kerrigan #weakness #dead

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#values

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#values

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ↗

— Mark Twain

#companionship #joy #values

We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad. ↗

— John Green

#sorrow #values

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship. ↗

— Brené Brown

#energy #relationships #values

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with. ↗

— Mark Twain

#living #values

I want to be held and told my name. I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. I repeat my former name; remind myself of what I once could do, how others saw me. I want to steal something. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#values