#ife

There we go,” he said cheerfully, after he’d started up a fire. The two puppets, still huddled in his pockets, seemed to wake up when they felt the heat of the flames, and they scampered out of sight, squealing for dear life. Oliver laughed heartily. “I’m not going to set you on fire. Come back here. ↗

— Zeinab Alayan

#life

Those who nuts are cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be HUMBLE. ↗

— Benneh Ozil Effah

#humble #life #servitude #life

Stay neurotic. Stay frustrated. Stay emotional. Stay excited. Your life is happening. ↗

— Erin Foster

#life #inspirational

To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. ↗

— William Londen

#life

if you don't have any weird moments, you're weird ↗

— bertie gilbert

#life

For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all. ↗

— Thomas Brooks

#puritan #life

Achieve everything and fail at the rest ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#humour #life #philosophy #wisdom #life

I’m one of those introverts with well-honed social skills, and I have even danced on the occasional table, but I have felt sheer panic when my exhaustion precedes my exit. It’s like the Cinderella story with a twist: I want to get out of there and into my duds before midnight—or ten, or eight. ↗

— Laurie Helgoe

#life

And then suddenly I realized that I was feeling- well, that I was actually feeling. My old personality was, after months of pills and pleasant nothingness, returning. Just the littlest bit- for I had only stopped taking my little yellow pills the day before- but my essence was already asserting itself, however weakly at this point. I felt a lump in my throat, and I spent the rest of the day walking around this strange and beautiful city, remembering myself, what it used to feel like to be me, before I switched myself off, before I stopped listening to my inner voices. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

#beauty

Entrusting one's life is not the same as opening up one's soul. ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#life