#etc

Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely expressed in this exasperated line from the Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus: 'You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#wretch #love

Pleased to meet you," Tellin says, shaking me out of my reverie. "Lily told me much about you last weekend." "Funny." Quince throws me a questioning glance. "She didn't mention you at all. ↗

— Tera Lynn Childs

#fins-are-forever #lily #lily-sanderson #mer-people #mermaid

Why not? If you're not going to let me see you naked, we might as well be girlfriends." "You're a twisted little man." "Come on, Stretch, share with the class." "No!" I laughed. "Prude." "Perv." "Schoolmarm." "Some other word that essentially means perv. ↗

— Molly Harper

#funny #jane-jameson #molly-harper #nice-girls-don-t-have-fangs #perv

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#humor #inspirational #humor

People tend to overuse any idea or concept that delivers an emotional kick. ↗

— Chip Heath

#emotion #idea #semantic-stretch #communication

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung. ↗

— Walter Scott

#death-and-dying #pride #walter-scott #wretch #death

The torment of love can transform people into wretched monsters ↗

— Mathias Malzieu

#monsters #torment #transform #wretch #love

A simple mistake…can tell me what you’re not, or it can remind me of why I should love you.” (404 Error=Page Not Found) ↗

— Renny Gleeson

#humor #science-etc #love

We don't need wings to be angels We don't need reasons to be right Your love makes us all better That who we really are Angels and heroes at heart ↗

— Brian Littrell

#etc #heroes #love #love

Laboring through a world every day more stultified, which expected salvation in codes and governments, ever more willing to settle for suburban narratives and diminished payoffs--what were the chances of finding anyone else seeking to transcend that, and not even particularly aware of it? ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#humor #inspirational #science #humor