#prop

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#life

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#cant #excess #expression #language #moderation

As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return! ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#prophecy #life

To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. ↗

— George Eliot

#correction #motive #prophecy #life

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. ↗

— George Eliot

#prophecy #life

Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest. ↗

— David Gemmell

#fait #gods #life #people #prophecy

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session. ↗

— Gideon J. (Gideon John) Tucker

#liberty #life #property #life

Not like this. He wanted it to be real. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#haymitch #katniss #love #marriage #peeta

I'm loving Gateway to the Seer Realm Look Again to See Beyond the Natural ↗

— Barbie Breathitt

#love

I,” I start, and she turns to look at my lips moving, rehearsing for some grand proposal. “I think it’d be good idea if you brought a few books over and left them on my shelf.” I’m a writer, and this is as good as it gets. She didn’t need a ring, just the ability to borrow a bookmark whenever she needed, or unwritten or unspoken permission to take my copy of Cecil Brown’s The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger with the original cover. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#marriage #proposal #love