#carrie

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#carriers #civilization #crippled #dumb #history

Her hands were to her face but she could see through the prison of her fingers could see them how they were beautiful wrapped in light swathed in the bright angelic robes of Acceptance ↗

— Stephen King

#beauty

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#any #based #between #brothers #calculations

Thank God even crazy dreams come true ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#crazy-dreams #dreams #dreams

What did your mom say?" "She said I better not be pregnant." Janie snorts. "What the hell is wrong with our parents, anyway? Wait -- you're not, are you?" "Of course not! Sheesh, Janers! I may not have gotten the best grades in school, but I'm not stupid. You know I'm on the Pill. And his Jimmy doesn't get near me without a raincoat, yadamean? Ain't nothin' getting through my little fortress! ↗

— Lisa McMann

#dream-catcher #funny #gone #janers #janie

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#forgiveness

One thing I often get carried away with is piggyback rides.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #piggyback #piggyback-rides #funny

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults. ↗

— Haim Ginott

#collection #each #himself #instant #insults

You cannot trust 25 guys in a locker room to have the same respect and training as I do with a weapon. That I do understand. I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself. ↗

— Luke Scott

#cannot #carried #gun #guys #handle

You know, life fractures us all into little pieces. It harms us, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that make us stronger. ↗

— Carrie Jones

#entice #fix #fractures #glue #harm