#ward

Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace #cowardice

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#creative #creativity #disagreeable #envy #intimidating

She’s just a little faint,” I reassured Mrs. Hammond. “They’re blood typing in biology.” She nodded, understanding now. “There’s always one.” I stifled a laugh. Trust Bella to be that one. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#midnight-sun #stephenie-meyer #twilight #biology

I coveted you. I had no right to want you--but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what's become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#seduction #seduction

If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin to figure out how to tell their news. They develop a plan, which leads them completely away from simply telling it. By the time a person hears the news, it is not news at all, but opinion. It becomes a message of some kind, rather than fresh, straightforward news. Decency is the absence of strategy. It is of utmost importance to realize that the warrior’s approach should be simple-minded sometimes, very simple and straightforward. That makes it very beautiful: you having nothing up your sleeve; therefore a sense of genuineness comes through. That is decency. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

#genuine #simplicity #straightforwardness #warrior #beauty

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#edward-said #strategy

He knows not where he's going, For the ocean will decide, Its not the destination, It's the glory of the ride ↗

— Edward Monkton

#zen #zen

A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, he shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart. A fullmetal heart. ↗

— Hiromu Arakawa

#fma #fullmetal-alchemist #hiromu-arakawa #endurance

Edward can do everything, right?" I explained. Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look. "I hope you haven't been showing off-it's rude," she scolded. "Just a bit," he laughed freely. "He's been too modest actually," I corrected. "Well, play for her," Esme encouraged. "You just said showing off was rude," he objected. "There are exceptions to every rule," she replied. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#edward-cullen #esme-cullen #jasper-hale #twilight #encouragement

You're intoxicated by my very presence. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#twilight #twilight