#yin

I slowly climbed back to my feet, walked back into the emergency department through the silently swishing glass doors, and, covered in my girlfriend's blood, lied perfectly for the first time in my life. "I tried to stop her. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#hospital #lying #life

I'm praying for you, Mary. I want you to live forever. ↗

— Truman Capote

#music

When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities. When discouraged other people will push back that first impulse to quit, push down their initial fear, push through feelings of helplessness and push ahead. They’re less likely to find something to blame and more likely to find a way through. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#blaming-others #courage #discouragement #fear #give-up

Dex isn't a big guy by any means. He's on the short side and toned but still thin. But he has unpredictable pit-bull tactics and one hell of a lippy attitude with strangers. For heaven's sake, never give that man a shovel. ↗

— Karina Halle

#karina-halle #lying-season #perry #attitude

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#apartheid #attention #because #crucial #did

My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games. ↗

— Ed Belfour

#games #i #lot #playing #used

I like trying things, I am kind of adventurous and I like thrill seeking. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#am #i #i am #kind #like

To weep is to make less the depth of grief. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#grief #sorrow #shakespeare

This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn. ↗

— Jackie Weaver

#anyway #big #big surprise #bigger #character

I see myself as a flashlight in the dark. I'm not trying to be overlooked anymore. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#dark #i #i see #myself #overlooked