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True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising. So few potatoes had been planted that, even if they escaped bight, they would not be enough to feed the poor folk who relied upon them. More and more of those small tenants and cottagers, besides, were being forced off the land and into a condition of helpless destitution. Ireland, that is to say, was a country utterly prostrated. Yet the Famine came to an end. And how was this wonderful thing accomplished? Why, in the simplest way imaginable. The famine was legislated out of existence. It had to be. The Whigs were facing a General Election. ↗

— Edward Rutherfurd

#famine #ireland #potato #whigs #imagination

A visible shiver ran through Arthur. "Can you imagine letting him touch you? Be like kissing a snake that'd been dipped in snot." "Oh, now there's a mental image." Eric wrinkled his nose. "You have such a talent for description. ↗

— Cecilia Ryan

#imagination

Again, I am surprised why people seek to eliminate lust and cling to love; as they wish to ignore happiness and cleave unto joy! Now, now, let's not sugar-coat things! Lust has a lot more to do with life and what is the good of life if you do not carry much lust inside of you at all times? And joy is a noble thing, but happiness though fleeting can be found every day and in every small little way! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational #inspirational-life #living-life-to-the-fullest #lust #lust-for-everything

Happiness is a choice you make when you allow faith through the entry gate and fear through the exit gate. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

If you put out acceptance and warmth, you tend to attract the same. ↗

— Deborah Day

#attitude-toward-life #friendships #kindness #attitude

C’est totalement absurde les rappels . Enfin, écoutez, dans la vie normale, dans la vie courante, quand un type a fini son boulot, qu’est-ce qu’il fait ? Il dit au revoir, et il s’en va. Voilà. Il ne revient pas : enfin, on n’imagine pas un plombier, par exemple, re-sonnant à la porte, après avoir réparé une fuite, juste pour refiler un petit coup de clé de douze. ↗

— Pierre Desproges

#humor #imagination

I could faintly smell the ocean. I imagined being one of the old oak trees standing there swaying in the wind and braving all sorts of weather. I pondered what they had seen in the past and what they might see in the future---Carolina Rain by www.nancybbrewer.com ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#historical-romance-fiction #imagination

My father is the most genial Midwestern guy imaginable, but for him, disaster lurks around every corner—financial ruin, squandered health, pyramid schemes, airbags failing to deploy—so he tends to use fear as a parenting tool to try to goad his daughters into being more prepared.When he retired, he reached new levels of preparedness, so his car contained bottled water, hand wipes, a roadside emergency kit with flares, books on tape, a coin dispenser, and two hand towels to use as makeshift bibs so he and my mother could drive and eat without making a mess. ↗

— Jancee Dunn

#prepared #imagination

We will be one step down from the Creator," she said, her olive-hued face tightening into an expression that she considered dramatic. "Imagining a world and then making it. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#science-fiction #imagination

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire