#inspirationa

When she listened to songs that she loved on the radio, something stirred inside her. A liquid ache spread under her skin, and she walked out of the world like a witch. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#inspirational #music #witch #beauty

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. ↗

— Bern Williams

#any #human #human spirit #made #man

Our faith is watered and we flourish when we reach out to others in love. We think good times and comfort will make us happy. But history shows that the people who are filled with the most joy and contentment are those who reach out to others-despite tough times ↗

— Laurie Kehler

#spiritual-growth #faith

Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't let anyone else put a finger on your tank at all, not even me or Mel. But Doc let me watch this time. It was way cool, Wanda. I don't know why you wouldn't let me watch before. They wouldn't let me help, though. Ian wouldn't let anyone touch you but him.' Ian squeezed my hand and leaned in to whisper through all the hair. His voice was so low that I was the only one who could hear. 'I held you in my hand, Wanderer. And you were so beautiful. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#beauty

‎"Tell me, sir, what is a butterfly?" "It's what you are meant to become. It flies with beautiful wings and joins the earth to heaven. It drinks only nectar from the flowers and carries the seeds of love from one flower to another. Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. ↗

— Trina Paulus

#thought-provoking #beauty

But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark. ↗

— John Updike

#imagery #inspirational #love #lovers #metaphor

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#deeds #desire #great #love #spirit

The larger a star the shorter its life, but all the more fascinating its death. As it collapses within it’s body, the infalling material can be no longer be compressed; the star is blown to pieces; its shattered mass realeases out ward at the speed of light. ↗

— Kelly Easton

#science #death

That's the wonderful thing about the human heart, there's room enough for all kinds of love. ↗

— Heather Gudenkauf

#inspirational #love #family

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist." (Voltaire) ↗

— Elizabeth Kales

#inspirational