#little

It's a lot like life. I think 99 percent of what goes on in life, we have very little control over. ↗

— Andy Van Slyke

#goes #i #i think #life #like

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#because #done #generally #little #reason

Aria: I went to Hollis. Because I was looking for...you know. Her. She was teaching an art class, so I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush, and painted a scarlet A across her chest. You know, like that woman in The Scarlet Letter? It was awesome. She didn't know what hit her. And then I said, 'Now everyone will know what you've done'. Ella: Do you realize that Hester Prynne is supposed to be a sympathetic character? ↗

— Sara Shepard

#perfect #pretty-little-liars #art

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#art #complete #entirely #hedgehog #isolated

Let me share some facts with you about the law in most of our country. California is in many ways a little different from the rest of the world, and California has better gun laws than many states, although California's need to be improved. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#although #better #california #country #different

Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not forget that this was the last night she would ever see the one for whom she had left her home and family, had given up her beautiful voice, and had day by day endured unending torment, of which he knew nothing at all. An eternal night awaited her. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#beauty

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#beauty

You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#beauty

You’re beautiful, but you’re empty. No one could die for you. Antoine de Saint Exupéry ↗

— Antoine de Saint Exupéry

#beauty

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #beauty