#lex

True, life is complex. But so are a great many accidents. ↗

— Foz Meadows

#life #philosophy #life

It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end. ↗

— Walter Salles

#constant #end #endeavor #gotten #redford

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#atmosphere #communication #differences #family #feelings

When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#coming #complex #condo #dead #door

You should hate me," she said brokenly. "You should leave me—" "Hush." His grip tightened, just short of bruising her. "Do you think so little of me? Damn you." He crushed his lips in her hair. "You don't understand anything about me. Did you think I wouldn't want to help you? That I would abandon you if I knew?" "Yes," she whispered. "Damn you," he repeated, his voice choked with anger and love. He forced her face upward. The hopelessness in her eyes caused a cold pressure to squeeze around his heart. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lily-lawson #anger

The complex develops out of the simple. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#develops #out #simple

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#against #buffer #chain #energy #energy security

You know, you hear about these movements for women, and for children, and for people who are any race but white, and you think that it's about time that men got a movement. Think about it. Guys can't play the piano, or dance, or sing. We can't cry, or be too happy, or show any emotion for that matter. The only thing we have left to us is anger, and even that we have to bottle up. Boys should be able to express what they feel and not have to endure people laughing at them, forcing them to wonder if they're gay or not, just because they like to paint. ↗

— Alex Sanchez

#boys #express #movment #rainbow #sanchez

As king, your desires must be stronger than any other. You must be more magnificent, more easily angered than everyone else! He should be both pure and chaotic, a man who was more real than any other man. Only through this could your subjects be impressed by their king, and only through this would the message ‘if I was king, such would be my wonder’ be imprinted upon their hearts. ↗

— 武内 崇

#banquet-speech #inspirational #anger

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#an-essay-on-criticism #art #genius #music #poet