#hop

I think if Eternity held torment, its form would not be fiery rack, nor its nature, despair. I think that on a certain day amongst those days which never dawned, and will not set, an angel entered Hades — stood, shone, smiled, delivered a prophecy of conditional pardon, kindled a doubtful hope of bliss to come, not now, but at a day and hour unlooked for, revealed in his own glory and grandeur the height and compass of his promise: spoke thus — then towering, became a star, and vanished into his own Heaven. His legacy was suspense — a worse boon than despair. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#hell #hope #suspense #nature

Maybe you think life is not worth living, but is death worth dying for? ↗

— Cesar Nascimento

#hope #life #poem #suicide #death

A last trick is to become personal, insulting and rude as soon as you perceive that your opponent has the upper hand. In becoming personal you leave the subject altogether, and turn your attack on the person by remarks of an offensive and spiteful character. This is a very popular trick, because everyone is able to carry it into effect. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#art

Whether we wound or are wounded, the blood that flows is red. ↗

— Eiichiro Oda

#one-piece #pirates #respect #respect

Not all the magic of earth is benevolent. ↗

— Alden Bell

#hopeful #reality #science-fiction #zombies #science

Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase. ↗

— Terence Conran

#organization #shopping #things #design

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack. ↗