#fin

Who was it who said, "I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish?" Whoever it was, I agree with him. ↗

— A. Edward Newton

#buying-books #infinity #reading #soul #diversity

Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true. ↗

— Emma Donoghue

#definitely #emphasis #exaggeration #truth #uncertainty

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#tact #wit #wit

You stand out like a fart in a church. ↗

— James Patterson

#maximum-ride #the-final-warning #church

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#wayfinding #philosophy

Want a sugar cube? [...] They're supposed to be for the horses, but who cares? They've got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I . . . well, if we see something sweet we better grab it quick. [...] You're absolutely terrifying me in that get-up. What happened to the pretty little-girl dresses? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#finnick-odair #horses

Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets -- is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#metaphysics

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity. ↗

— Alan Watts

#duty #full #god #idea #infinity

As Lothaire lifted the lid with a sense of dread, Nïx murmured, “Hint: it’s the middle one.” Elizabeth’s fragile finger.Seeing it severed like this brought on a visceral reaction—pain shooting through his own hand, radiating throughout his regenerated heart. He closed the lid with a swallow, sentimentally pocketing the package. “You gave her your heart, and she gave you the bird.” Nïx sighed. “Songs will be written about this. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#iad #kresley-cole #lothaire #middle-finger #birds