#lep

For centuries, as pope and emperor tore each other apart in their quarrels over power, the excluded went on living on the fringe, like lepers, of whom true lepers are only the illustration ordained by God to make us understand this wondrous parable, so that in saying 'lepers' we would understand 'outcast, poor, simple, excluded, uprooted from the countryside, humiliated in the cities.' But we did not understand; the mystery of leprosy has continued to haunt us because we have not recognized the nature of the sign. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#exclusion #leprosy #poverty #nature

In catalepsy and a dead trance, I studiously held the quick of my nature. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#personality #trance #nature

Servants ran to wake the young king, Tamar, already awake and watching from his balcony. Curious, naturally. Not altogether pleased. No more than anyone would be, jolted out of a sound sleep by unexpected elephants. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#humor #nature

Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#consciousness #conviction #determination #development #heart

Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#darkness #defeat #fight #fighting #opponent

He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it. ↗

— George Orwell

#man #shooting-an-elephant #hypocrisy

Workable solutions for Earth are urgently needed. Saving seals and tigers, or fighting yet another oil pipeline through a wilderness area, while laudable, is merely shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. ↗

— Lawrence Anthony

#endangered-species #environmentalism #science #science

We teleported," Issie finishes. "Like in Star Trek or Harry Potter, sort of. No! Like in Dr. Who in that episode with the Sontarans and the brilliant human boy, or really any Dr. Who ever if you think of the Tardis! Holy canola! That is just the coolest thing ever! Wowie, wow, wow! ↗

— Carrie Jones

#issie #need #teleportation #doctor-who

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. ↗

— Woody Allen

#bad people #better #divided #enjoy #good

Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#do you know #everybody #i #image #know