#mira

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#contempt #i #i wonder #motivation #ought

When I was a little boy in short pants, I dreamed about a miraculous ointment that would make me invisible. Then I became an adult, began to write, and wanted to be successful. Now I'm successful and would like to have the ointment that would make me invisible. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#adult #became #began #boy #dreamed

I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#admiration #attention #getting #hopes #i

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#beautiful #dignified #living #living thing #longevity

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#blown #earth #face #far #haven

Thank God for little miracles, right? ↗

— Michael Bergin

#little #miracles #right #thank #thank god

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#disease #live #miracle #society #stupid

Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#admiration #become #between #curious #distance

The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life. ↗

— James Coburn

#kind #life #magnificent #miraculous #my life

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#become #blind #brings #day #different