#human

Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the four earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. Which is why man’s spirit corresponds to the stars. Perhaps that’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#human-spirit #starlight #love

Perhaps because I'll never be one, humans are interesting to me. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#human-behavior #dreams

I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang, if this ain't a heck of a way to be in bed with a pretty woman. The two of you arguing about murder, and threatening each other, when you're supposed to be in love and you could be doing something pretty nice. And then I thought, well, maybe it ain't so strange after all. Maybe it's like this with most people, everyone doing pretty much the same thing except in a different way. And all the time they're holding heaven in their hands. ↗

— Jim Thompson

#crime-fiction #human-condition #love #murder #violence

Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self. ↗

— Jerzy Kosiński

#identity #isolation #love #lovers #relationships

For the first time I could remember, I felt weak, woozy and stupid— like a human-being. Like a very small and helpless human-being. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#human #small #weak #dreams

For I'll keep my humanity, though I did not keep my promises. ... and Love shall not be wrested from my veins. ↗

— Susan Abulhawa

#humanity-and-society #love #love

In a fallen world marked by human depravity and deep-seated sin, in a world where Hitler and Stalin had recruited millions of followers to commit mass murder, love must harness power and seek justice in order to have moral meaning. Love without power remained impotent, and power without love was bankrupt. ↗

— Timothy B. Tyson

#followers #hitler #humanity #impotence #love

Let us now yearn for the possibility of building a happiness in every heart. Let us now build inward a new world of hope, a world of limitless possibilities for the children of tomorrow, where each soul can reach the heights of their potential to love and to be loved. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#humankind #love #order #peace #possibility

They knew this—survival came at a price. Over the past few weeks they’d all survived a Bagger attack. Or two. Or three. They knew the consequences. Not everyone got out alive. They’d seen loved ones die. Even worse, some had watched the people they cared about turn on them. But as long as they stuck together in a group, they were still human. As long as they were human they were still alive. ↗

— Jeyn Roberts

#love

love is like a rain bow can be seen in many different colors ↗

— Abby Taylor

#love