#at

In the state I was in, if someone had come and told me I could go home quietly, that they would leave me my life whole, it would have left me cold: several hours or several years of waiting is all the same when you have lost the illusion of being eternal. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#death

The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical. ↗

— George Crook

#before #go #great #indians #looking

We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past. ↗

— George Crook

#civilization #complete #country #dishonor #equal

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. ↗

— Steve Cropper

#country #gospel #great #had #i

Ah, I found you." Came a voice behind me. My heart skipped a beat as a smile spread across my face. How do I already know his voice? 'My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of thy tongue’s uttering, yet I know the sound.' I remembered the line from Romeo and Juliet. I could not forget Ariston's voice if I tried. At the sound, all thoughts of the odd occurrence faded. I turned around to see Ariston Crete walking towards me. I realized when I saw him that there was a part of my mind that had wondered if he was real, if I had not only imagined his beauty, but clearly I had not. Somehow, he is real, right down to his ancient eyes. It felt just as indescribable to look into his eyes as it had before. ↗

— Jasmine Dubroff

#beauty-in-itself-part-one #jasmine-dubroff #love #mera #soul-mates

The audience only pays attention as long as you know where you are going. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#audience #going #know #long #only

The first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise... and cultivate the delightfully vague. ↗

— John C. Crosby

#avoid #concrete #cultivate #delightfully #first

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#far #follow #how #image #matter

She leaves, carrying a biodegradable carrier bag that reads THE SUICIDE SHOP on one side, and on the other: HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN A FAILURE? LET’S MAKE YOUR DEATH A SUCCESS! ↗

— Jean Teulé

#failure #suicide #death

A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation. ↗

— Howard Crosby

#almost #chosen #essential #fasten #his