#arte

Trebuie să dăm totul la o parte şi sâ atacăm făţiş adevărata problemă. Oamenii se sinucid pentru că viaţa nu merită să fie trăită, iată, fără îndoială, un adevăr — nefecund totuşi, pentru că e un truism. Dar această insultă adusă existenţei, această dezminţire ce i se dă vine oare din faptul că existenţa n-are nici un sens? Cere absurditatea ei sa i te sustragi, prin speranţă sau prin sinucidere? Iată ce trebuie să scoatem la lumină, să urmărim şi să ilustrăm, înlăturînd tot restul. Obligă oare absurdul la moarte? Iată problema ce trebuie discutată înaintea oricărei alteia, în afara tuturor metodelor de gîndire şi a jocurilor spiritului dezinteresat. Nuanţele, contradicţiile, psihologia pe care un spirit «obiectiv» ştie să le introducă în orice problemă nu-şi au locul în această căutare şi în această pasiune. Aici e nevoie doar de o gîndire logică. Lucrul nu-i simplu. E uşor să fii logic. Dar e aproape imposibil să fii logic pînă la capăt. Oamenii care mor pe propria lor mînă urmează astfel pînă la capăt drumul indicat de sentimentul lor. ↗

— Albert Camus

#moarte #neant #death

I started to put on weight when I was about four and a half and it got really bad when I was around nine. I ballooned. I was about 110 pounds. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#around #bad #four #got #half

" push up your hair," I told Carter. " I need to paint your forehead." " I'm not plunging to my death with LOSER painted on my head! " He pushed his hair out of the way. I painted the glyphs for fire and shield on his forehead, and immediately my brother burst into flame. I know—it was like a dream come true and a nightmare, all at once. He danced around, spewing some very creative curse words before realizing the flame wasn't hurting him. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#sadie #death

He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want to go on a date?" Caught off guard, she stammered. "A wh-what?" "A date," Jace repeated. "Often 'a boring thing you have to memorize in history class,' but in this case, 'an offering of an evening of blisteringly white-hot romance with yours truly." "Really?" Clary was not sure what to make of this. "Blisteringly white-hot?" "It's me," said Jace. "Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #date #jace #repartee #dating

Do you understand any of this?" he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens. "Some people understand the value of an education." Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat's shoulders. "That's sweet, Kat. Maybe later I'll buy you a university. And an ice cream." "I'd settle for the ice cream." "Deal. ↗

— Ally Carter

#ally-carter #bishop #carter #hale #heist

History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#history #power #privilege #education

I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from. ↗

— Aarti Sequeira

#american #any #channel #chicken #comes

To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson! ↗

— Anne Seward

#criticism #derision #entering #exposed #female

Call me Dudley. We're of equal rank. I'm older, but you're far better looking. I can tell we're going to be grand partners. ↗

— James Ellroy

#dudley-smith #l-a-quartet #noir #equality

He's a gypsy killer. He has a special gypsy killing knife. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#breaking-up #breakups #broken-heart #broken-hearted #broken-hearted-quotes