#th

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets. ↗

— Howard Barker

#because #enlighten #me #secret #secrets

...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#past #prayer #truth #change

You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it. ↗

— Julien Smith

#change-the-world #changing #protection #vulnerability #change

Let's get something straight, MacKeltar. I am not going home with you. I am not going to bed with you, and I am not wasting one more moment arguing with you." "I promise not to mock you when you change your mind, lass. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#gwen #karen-marie-moning #kiss-of-the-highlander #change

No. This is right. I feel it. I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves. Fitz in Assassin's Quest ↗

— Robin Hobb

#fitz #robin-hobb #the-fool #change

The physical beauty…also cleared her mind of worries. Every day seemed to change the mountain, the sky, and the surrounding valleys, making them spectacular in a completely new way. Nature, at least, didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was. ↗

— Tally via The Uglies

#tally #tally-youngblood #the-uglies #beauty

The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison, that he looked like death; not death as it shews in shroud and coffin, but in the guise it wears when life has just departed; when a young and gentle spirit has, but an instant, fled to Heaven: and the gross air of the world has not had time to breathe upon the changing dust it hallowed. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#life #sadness #solitude #spirit #change

People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive. ↗

— Siouxsie Sioux

#allowed #forget #good #guitar #motivated

I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything. Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#ethan #fiction #songs #change

Youngsters want to change world. Elders want to enjoy their works. The entrepreneur sells anything needed by both to win their desires. ↗

— Toba Beta

#desire #elder #enjoy-the-works #entrepreneur #opportunity