#cade

The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other two. The body isn't below the mind and the spirit; from the point of view it's between them. if you reside too much in the mind, then you get too abstract and cut off from the world. You long for the spiritual life, but you can't get to it, and you fall into despair. The exercise of the senses frees you from abstraction and opens the way to transcendence. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#balance #humor #spirituality #life

The four most influential moderns: Darwin, Marx, Freud, and (the productive) Einstein were scholars but not academics. It has always been hard to do genuine - and no perishable - work within institutions ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#academics #darwin #einstein #freud #institutions

Wait. You think I'm going to die? That's why you slept with me? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #love

I'm backing down now. I really do love you. That's why I'm doing this. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#omg #vampire-academy #love

I looked him in the eye. “I will always love you.” Then I plunged the stake into his chest. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #love

You did what you did out of love. I can't be mad at you over that. It was stupid, but that's how love is. Do you have any idea what I'd do for you? To keep you safe? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #sweet #vampire-academy #love

Love and Loyalty, run deeper than blood." Love that quote even though I haven't read the book. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #love

You said you wanted to know how to please me? Consider this lesson number one. Don't be afraid to ask for what you want. Hearing you say it is a major turn on. ↗

— Kendall Ryan

#love

Before I die, I want to at least have saved Cascade. Once all the crowns are found, then I will tell her. I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live. ↗

— Stacey T. Hunt

#beauty #cascade #crown #crowns #death

To exist, the triangle demands three complementary elements: love, power and danger. Mixed incautiously, these elements, like those in physics, are volatile and potentially explosive. ↗

— Ruth Harris

#decades #love #power #triangle #love