#wi

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#find #generosity #never #nice #out

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. ↗

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

#apart #before #behind #double #everything

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#autumn #close #day #early #early morning

This was Jace being brave. Simon thought, brave and snarky because he thought Lilith was going to kill him, and that was the way he wanted to go, unafraid and on his feet. Like a warrior. The way Shadowhunters did. His death song would always be this-jokes and snideness and pretend arrogance, and that look in his eyes that said 'I'm better than you'. Simon just hadn't realized it before. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#death-song #jace-herondale #lilith #simon-lewis #death

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#lead #loved #lover #must #out

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#exist #find #gossip #i #magazines

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. ↗

— Andre Breton

#booty #desire #industry #less #nothing

There's a schizoid streak within the family anyway so I dare say that I'm affected by that. The majority of the people in my family have been in some kind of mental institution, as for my brother he doesn't want to leave. He likes it very much. ↗

— David Bowie

#anyway #been #brother #dare #family

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. ↗

— David Bowie

#drag #i #last #lyric #out

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#afraid #alone #even #fight #going