#rut

When boy likes you, you say no thank you. You don't kick him on the ground. ↗

There are two paths of which one may choose in the walk of life; one we are born with, and the one we consciously blaze. One is naturally true, while the other is a perceptive illusion. Choose wisely at each fork in the road. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#consciousness #illusions #life #natural #path

For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of truth? Will I rise up and do what's right, even if every fiber of my being is telling me otherwise? ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#act #always #being #even #every

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#denial #know #live #truth #truth is

There is beauty in truth, even if it's painful. Those who lie, twist life so that it looks tasty to the lazy, brilliant to the ignorant, and powerful to the weak. But lies only strengthen our defects. They don't teach anything, help anything, fix anything or cure anything. Nor do they develop one's character, one's mind, one's heart or one's soul. ↗

— José N. Harris

#lies #lying #truth #beauty

If I wasn't performing, I wasn't alive. That's the truth. My parents had absolutely no interest in the business, but they knew it made me happy, so they said 'Go for it, girl!' ↗

— Samantha Barks

#alive #business #girl #go #go for it

The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs. ↗

— Dave Barry

#african-american #american men #giant #heads #like

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#freedom #life #meaning #truth #freedom

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#let us #most #thing #truth #truth is

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. ↗