#ups

I couldn't imagine it, living a pristine life in this big Georgian house and everything. It seemed heinous. So I left him. I thought I'd go mad, if I stayed. ↗

— Sarah Rayner

#suffocation #imagination

I want to learn your trickery and feel what it’s like to have me wrapped around your finger. I want to lie to everyone because it gets me where I want faster. I want to be like you, because you are blind; and now that I finally see, I don’t want to. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#blind #breaking-up #breakups #broken-heart #broken-hearted

Intelligence comes from meditation, intelligence comes from rebellion, intelligence does not come from memory ↗

— Osho

#intelligence

Conformity is a problem for many small groups. Members put a higher priority on cohesion than on coming up with a well-reasoned choice. They pressure dissenters, shield themselves from negative feedback, keep silent when they disagree ... ↗

— Craig E. Johnson

#context #culture #small-groups #leadership

My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#always #been #brought #by the time #china

Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#furthermore #groups #neither #our #out

It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#love #passion #upset #life

Life's too short to build something nobody wants. ↗

— Ash Maurya

#lean-startup #startups #life

How dare you say it's nothing to me? Baby, you're the only light I ever saw. ↗

— John Mayer

#couples #love #relationships #song #love

You planning top kill me with a Wiffle bat?" [Carson asked] "Yeah." "Why?" he asked. The bat was shaking in my tight grip. "Because I don't have my Minnie Mouse pillow. ↗

— Rachel Vail

#love