#lent

God in His infinite wisdom blessed humans with redundant tongues: one to outfit the mouth for speech. And a mother tongue to give it meaning... Though it wags out such inconceivable beauty, attached to the mother tongue lies one much maligned woman. ↗

— David B. Lentz

#bostoniad #david-b-lentz #mother-tongue #beauty

How could I explain why I'd acted that way? How could I explain how scary it was, to find out that I needed her so much? Was I supposed to tell her how she'd changed everything? Like how U hadn't even realized how bad I felt until she'd made it better, just by looking at me. Like how I thought she was awesome, bad-ass ninja, and what I hated was the fact that I knew I couldn't protect her, when that's all I wanted to do. How could I explain, without sounding like a complete asshole, that I was so afraid of losing her I pushed her away? I couldn't. ↗

— Susan Bischoff

#chronicles #curfew #heroes #susan #sweet

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved. ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #better #betterment #change #creativity

Many times in life I've regretted the things I've said without thinking. But I've never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#remaining-silent #reticence #communication

Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. ↗

— Erica Jong

#talent #courage

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#avoiding #death #equivalent #life

The country people, indeed, did not always clearly distinguish between the Fairies and the dead. They called them both the 'Silent People'; and the Milky Way they thought was the path along which the dead were carried to Fairyland. ↗

— Hope Mirrlees

#fairies #fairy #fairyland #silent-people #the-dead

Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you. ↗

— Andy Stanley

#leadership #talent #leadership

Here I am Looking at the world’s mirror Finding myself at the center of a maze Constructing the roots of a dream for a nationless society by the power of peace ↗

— Rixa White

#finding-myself #nationless-society #power-of-peace #roots-of-a-dream #silentaria

Be careful what you get good at doin', cuz you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life. ↗

— Gabrielle Hamilton

#talent #education