#be

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. ↗

— Henry Beston

#elemental #great #nature #ocean #outer

My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#feet #heartbeat #little

The Nazis, he had written in his latest, "are wedded to a sort of aesthetico-moral fallacy, which is that if a man has blond hair, blue eyes and strong features, then he will also be brave, loyal, intelligent and so on. They truly believe that goodness has some causal relationship with beauty. Which is idiotic, yes, but no more idiotic than you are, Egon. When you see a girl like Adele Hitler with an innocent, pretty face, can you honestly tell me you don't assume she must be an angelic person? Even though it makes about as much sense as astrology. ↗

— Ned Beauman

#beauty #nazis #beauty

Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult. ↗

— Caprice Bourret

#difficult #human #human beings #make #simple

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#come #deep #enough #good #only

Gina was beautiful like a sunset. You see it and you think of how beautiful it is, and then it’s over and you move on. But Trista was beautiful like a song. The kind of song you play over and over and never get sick of hearing. The kind of song he wanted to write for her. But he knew he would never be able to string together the right combination of notes to show her how he really felt. ↗

— Chris Stocking

#beauty #fiction #his-only-star #music #sunset

I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#demonstrate #fortunes #i #incapable #insecure

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. ↗

— Barbara Walters

#enchanting #few #few people #find #maybe

I quite agree with you. The sun is not kind. God should use a rose amber spot. ↗

— Dewitt Bodeen

#amber #god #i #kind #quite

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#attention #being #complex #complexity #could