#organ

You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too? ↗

— Rachel Caine

#humor #kiss-of-death #morganville-vampires #optimism #rachel-caine

Wake me for the massacre, okay? Don't want to miss it. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#humor #kiss-of-death #morganville-vampires #rachel-caine #death

Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “What?’” “First base,’” she said. “You’re already there.’” “I’m not running the bases.’” “Well, you could at least steal second.’” “Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you’ve gone and ruined it. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#morganvillevampires #sweet #funny

Myself, I've always been organized in waves. For months on end, slowly descending into disorder, I drift with the status quo. Then I wake up one morning with a sudden compulsion to color-code my socks or stack them vertically. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#love

The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do you think I care about these trifles?’ ‘Murder is no trifle, woman,’ Arthur said. ‘No? How many men have you killed, Great King? How many have you slain without cause? How many did you cut down that you might have spared? How many died because you in your battle-rage would not heed their pleas for mercy?’ The High King opened his mouth to speak, but could make no answer. ↗

— Stephen R. Lawhead

#arthurian #arthurian-legend #merlin #morgaine #morgan-le-fay

I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we were Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu; but our innermost prayer should be that a Hindu should become a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, and a Christian a better Christian. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#inspirational #organized-religion #religion #inspirational

God save us from religion. ↗

— David Eddings

#inspirational #organized-religion #religion #inspirational

The point of simple living, for me has got to be: A soft place to land A wide margin of error Room to breathe Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day ↗

— Leo Babauta

#inspiration #life #organization #simplicity #inspirational

God is forgiving or we would not still be walking this world. But to be moral is not to need his divine forgiveness, I think. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#god #morganville-vampires #religion #forgiveness

William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#cooperation #freedom #organization #revolution #freedom