#sage

As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#fiction #message-in-a-bottle #nicholas-sparks #reality #romance

A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself. A foolish sage is one who forgets this. Remember, or come full circle. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#learning #sage #inspirational

ألم أرَ في منامي كأن سلسلة من فضة خرجت من ظهري لها طرف في السماء و طرف في الأرض، و طرف في المشرق و طرف في المغرب، ثم كأنها شجرة على كل ورقة منها نور، و إذا أهل المشرق و المغرب و كأنهم يتعلقون بها و يحمدونها...فلنسمِ المولود محمداً ↗

— توفيق الحكيم

#light #message #messenger #inspirational

No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid. ↗

— Nate Spears

#nate-spears #passage #poet #poetry #quote

Septimus fu cât pe ce să zică ,,și rămânem aici pe viață", dar se opri. Își aduse aminte ce îi spusese Mătușa Zelda, și anume că, după ce le-ai rostit, lucrurile se împlinesc mai repede... ↗

— Angie Sage

#inspirational-life #septimus-heap #syren #inspirational

Do you want me to call you Celery Stick instead of Cupcake or Honey-Pie? It just doesn’t inspire the same warm and fuzzy feelings. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sydney-sage #inspirational

One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#inspirational #rites-of-passage #inspirational

If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#come #couple #cut #cutting #deep

It's not necessary to tell all you know... You're not gonna change any one of them by talkin' right. They've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language. ↗

— Harper Lee

#choice #choices #inspirational #message #change

This was a result of a number of factors, but we do know that the messages kids get about the harms of drugs has a significant impact on their decision on whether or not to use. ↗

— John Walters

#decision #factors #get #harms #impact