#yin

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. ↗

— John Green

#dying #cancer

When I first wrote for orchestra, I didn't realize, when you have 20 people playing a violin line, that is very different than one person playing that line. ↗

— David Del Tredici

#first #i #line #orchestra #people

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#observation #study #studying #wisdom #observation

There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away. ↗

— Rachel Simmons

#bullying #peers #culture

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#english language #government #help #here #i

Olivia: You didn't even know I was there! Harry: Excuse me, yes I did. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#london

I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#depression #water

I’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so odd on you. It was like the strength of you just seemed to sap away. The surprise of it stopped me from being so scared. ↗

— Lucy Christopher

#genuine #lucy-christopher #man #stolen #television

There is no need to dream in nature because you are already inside the dream! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#dreams

I also think he is given to disguises...Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#hat #spying #suspicious #london