#iri

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. ↗

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

#fueled #history #matter #movement #out

Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?" "I don't know any other way." "Let me show you." And then we're kissing. Or at least, I think we're kissing—I've only seen it done a couple of times, quick closed-mouth pecks at weddings or on formal occasions. But this isn't like anything I've ever seen, or imagined, or even dreamed: this is like music or dancing but better than both. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#delirium #lauren-oliver #lena #romance #dreams

First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one. ↗

— Hugo von Hofmannsthal

#body #first #learn #love #spirit

We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that. ↗

— Geoffrey Holder

#am #everyone #fight #free #free spirit

Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed. ↗

— Alberta Hunter

#because #been #blues #disturbed #does

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#does #either #fact #forest #greater

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world. ↗

— Ada Louise Huxtable

#battered #become #belief #clothes #day

The music plays . . . and your sense of reality is heightened to a dream. ↗

— David Mutti Clark

#dream #meaning #reality #spirituality #dreams

LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#cherishing #concerning #conduct #esteem #him

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. ↗

— Phil Jackson

#force #love #love is #spirit #teams