nonymoos
- The Dark
When I was little, I used to be afraid of the dark. When going to bed I always asked my mother to turn on my night light so I could sleep peacefully. But as I grew older, I found comfort in the dark. It helped me hide my tears, helped me feel safe, and helped me forget about all of my worries.
Charles Brettinger
- Boring Candidates
Our election system favors the interesting, entertaining candidates. They are the ones who draw crowds into the voting booths. When the candidates are boring, voters stay home and watch TV. Unfortunately, all else being equal, the boring people are the ones who are level headed and capable. We need to incentivize the act of passionlessly showing up to the voting booth to check off an important but boring box.
Charles Brettinger
- Unity
I don't know why so many politicians are calling for unity. What do they want with unity? A country with complete political unity is called a dictatorship.
T.S. Eliot
- Preludes - I
The winter evening settles down with smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps the grimy scraps of withered leaves about your feet and newspapers from vacant lots; the showers beat on broken blinds and chimney-pots, and at the corner of the street a lonely cab-horse streams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.
Pablo Neruda
- Body of a Woman - II
But the hour of vengeance falls, and I love you. Body of skin, of moss, of eager and firm milk. Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence! Oh the roses of the pubis! Oh your voice, slow and sad! Body of my woman, I will persist in your grace. My thirst, my boundless desire, my shifting road! Dark river-beds where the eternal thirst flows and weariness follows, and the infinite ache.
Pablo Neruda
- Body of a Woman - I
Body of a woman, white hills, white thighs, you look like a world, lying in surrender. My rough peasant's body digs in you and makes the son leap from the depth of the earth. I was alone like a tunnel. The birds fled from me, and night swamped me with its crushing invasion. To survive myself I forged you like a weapon, like an arrow in my bow, a stone in my sling.
Q, (quote from Major Ron Reid-Daly, Rhodesia)
- Images Of War
We do not consider ourselves an elite group of men, nor do we think we are of the highest calibre. It could cause the men to imagine themselves better than they really are and this could in turn lead to recklessness. We are simply just trackers out to do a job. We take a chap right down when he first comes here, right to the bottom. And then we build him up again into what we need in the Selous Scouts. Be a man among men!
Wikipedia
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated blows to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia.
LeBron James
- LeBron James Responding to Haters
I'm LeBron James, from Akron, Ohio, from the inner city. I'm not even supposed to be here. That's enough. Every night I walk into the locker room, I see a No. 6 with James on the back, I'm blessed. So what everybody says about me off the court, don't matter. I ain't got no worries.
J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A sense of excitement rose like a palpable cloud over the campsite as the afternoon wore on. By dusk, the still summer air itself seemed to be quivering with anticipation, and as darkness spread like a curtain over the thousands of waiting wizards, the last vestiges of pretence disappeared; the Ministry seemed to have bowed to the inevitable, and stopped fighting the signs of blatant magic now breaking out everywhere.
Peter Mundy - Scientific American
- Autism and the Social Mind
Developing the ability to coordinate attention socially is important in and of itself. For example, every teacher's admonition to students to "pay attention!" is really a request to "pay attention to what I am attending to." Joint attention is vital to social competence at all ages. Adolescents and adults who cannot follow, initiate or join with the rapid-fire changes of shared attention in social interactions may be impaired in their capacity for relatedness and relationships.
Equeila
- Wounds
We easily forget our wounds. Once we feel the excruciating pain coming from the wound we would always think that it will pass in time, but the second it heals we tend to forget that it was there or where it even came from. We forget our scars, but we remember them once again when it starts hurting or when it leaves a mark. Just like when you remember someone special in your life and the life they lived.
Silas
- Jesus did everything you couldn't do
I used to feel depressed. I never knew what the point of life was, and why I was living. And then I watched the Chosen. And I realized that everything in this world has no meaning compared to what Jesus wants for us. He overcame for us, he washed our stains away. It makes me cry every time I think about it, that he would lay down his life for me. I was different, and now I am changed. And the thing that happened in the middle was him. He will set you free. Thanks be to him!
an Arab friend
- To my non-Arab friends
Sometimes, we need a refresher on what's happening worldwide these days, especially when news coverage might be restricted. Currently, there's conflict between Israel and Palestine. We, as Arabs, chant for our freedom while they chant for our death. That should tell you all you need about the situation.
Ghostfacers-Edd Zeddmore
You roll with a guy for so many years... you start to think he's always gonna be next to you. Like when you're old on the porch, there'd be another rocking chair. And something happens. And you realize that the other chair is gone, and... you know what I mean?
Harpreet Kaur Dhaliwal
- Hey you!
Hey you! Listen up. Now tell me how many times you have skipped the quotes in between just thinking that it will affect your overall stats. I understand that but honey it is not helping you!! But I am not here to advise you not to skip the quotes and improve your accuracy. You got to do whatever you want to do. No matter what I or others say. Now, don't you? I know I know this quote is long. But it is hard? Nope, it is not. Don't you dare say yes!! Alrighty... you have a good day! God bless!
Tony Stark
- Argument With Cap
I said, "we'd lose." You said, "We'll do that together too." And guess what, Cap? We lost. And you weren't there. But that's what we do, right? Our best work after the fact? We're the Avengers, we're the Avengers. Not the Prevengers.
Curtis Baldwin
- Goals
From a very early age in life, I swore that I would never let anyone keep me from reaching my goals or becoming the person I wanted to be. I kept that promise to myself until I became the person that was getting in my way.
Alexander Hamilton
- The Federalist Papers
For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
Emmanuel Jimenez
- Words
Words. We have multiple types of them, some intricate, some general, some definitive. But there are certain things that our limited vocabulary cannot express. Words can be used to describe feelings, but that's all words can do; describe. You see, feelings are hard to express. We often use metaphors, because it is hard to explicitly state one's feelings. We rely on our metaphorical communication to express them, because feelings are much more than words.
