#wisdom

In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#quantum-physics #schrodinger-s-cat #wisdom #acting

If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :) ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#truth #wisdom #fun

I like places like this," he announced. I like old places too," Josh said, "but what's to like about a place like this?" The king spread his arms wide. "What do you see?" Josh made a face. "Junk. Rusted tractor, broken plow, old bike." Ahh...but I see a tractor that was once used to till these fields. I see the plow it once pulled. I see a bicycle carefully placed out of harm's way under a table." Josh slowly turned again, looking at the items once more. And i see these things and I wonder at the life of the person who carefully stored the precious tractor and plow in the barn out of the weather, and placed their bike under a homemade table." Why do you wonder?" Josh asked. "Why is it even important?" Because someone has to remember," Gilgamesh snapped, suddenly irritated. "Some one has to remember the human who rode the bike and drove the tractor, the person who tilled the fields, who was born and lived and died, who loved and laughed and cried, the person who shivered in the cold and sweated in the sun." He walked around the barn again, touching each item, until his palm were red with rust." It is only when no one remembers, that you are truely lost. That is the true death. ↗

— Michael Scott

#death

I love my old paintings as postulates as fresh starting points but I have to destroy them. I have to make a new manifesto. ↗

— Georg Baselitz

#wisdom #art

No matter what you do, someone always knew you would. ↗

— Ami McKay

#small-town #truth #wisdom #birth

Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water table of wisdom.
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— Jarod Kintz

#books #reading #soul #wisdom #authority

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest. ↗

— Patrick Jones

#different #metaphor #rebels #wisdom #authority

Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dignity #faith #haiku #heaven #human-mortality

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#self-destruction #self-mutilation #truth #wisdom #destruction

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back. ↗

— Holly Black

#curiosity #curious #satisfaction #wisdom #satisfaction