#w

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#political #women #strength

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ↗

— Stephen King

#talent #success

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#music #power-of-music #love

I had read the novel and I had heard David Lean was going to direct it - and it came as a surprise to me because American actors, if given the chance, can do style as well as anybody and speak as well as anybody. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#american actors #anybody #because #came #chance

It's hard to love a woman and do anything. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#woman #love

Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #love-worth #nicholas-sparks #safe-haven #love

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#love #only #people #queer #those

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#sex #women #love

Love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #love

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#buddhism #wisdom #love