#den

Apollo had changed Hyacinth into a flower to protect him. I would give Alex back control so she could protect herself instead of making the decision for her. That's how we were different from the gods. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#change

Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#everywhere #least #nobody #roughness #some

The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do anything, and be anything when we assume full responsibility for ourselves. ↗

— Rachael Bermingham

#inspirational-quotes #motivational-quotes #responsibility #self-confidence #self-empowerment

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#getting-started #planning #change

We're all so damned fragile. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#fragility #human-frailties #change

Things do not change, we change. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#change

Wish and learn to smooth away the surly wrinkles, to raise your lids frankly, and change the fiends to confident, innocent angels, suspecting and doubting nothing, and always seeing friends where they are not sure of foes. ↗

— Emily Brontë

#heathcliff #wuthering-heights #change

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#dresden-files #change

I turned to face him, knowing in him, I'd find the temporary cure. "Do you want to fuck it out?" Braden smiled slowly, bemused, causing another twist of attraction in my gut. "Fuck it out?" "All the bullshit. What she did. What he did. Every soulless bitch that wanted something from you" His expression changed immediately, becoming hard, unfathomable, as he took a step towards me. "Are you saying you don't want anything from me?" "I want this. I want our arrangement. I want you..." I sucked in a breath, feeling my control slip. "... to fuck it out of me. ↗

— Samantha Young

#jocelyn #on-dublin-street #samantha-young #sexy #change

...at some point we must achieve our identity -we can't be always in adolescence seeking who we are... ↗

— John Geddes

#identity #maturity #change