“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”
What can’t be cured must be endured.
– Robert Burton
As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.
– BERTRAND RUSSELL, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
– John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“A day without writing was a little death.”
― Ray Bradbury, Death Is a Lonely Business
Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.
– C. Day Lewis, British Poet/Author
“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”
― John Green, Paper Towns
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
– Jesse Jackson (American civil rights activist)
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
– Johnny Cash
Shattered Oblivion 