#ding

The devil's happy when the critics run you off. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #criticism #critics #determination

When my now ex wife said she wanted a separation, I was horrified. So I said, “You want me to wear a condom?!”
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— Jarod Kintz

#failure #false-conclusion #horrified #horror #mistake

It did occur to me that the effect of good literature may be as dizzying as that of alcohol. ↗

— Pamela Dean

#reading #alcohol

Remember, when you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble. It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves. ↗

— Kelly Link

#reading #scrabble #tea

I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because there's nothing I can do about hurting you: You're too invested, so just please let me do that, okay? "I'm going to go to my room and read for awhile, okay? I'm fine. I really am fine: I just want to go read for a while. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#criticize #fault #finding #i

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door. ↗

— Ian Hart

#bleeding #doing #door #get #hate

Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle. ↗

— Owen Hart

#body #building #get #guys #hell

Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#founding #founding fathers #issue #left #marriage

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#choose #citizens #differently #disapproval #hearts