Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"I have always thought it best to remain extinguished, to spread one's wings like a bird and sit by the sea in solitude." —Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owlplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-square"I have always thought it best to remain extinguished, to spread one's wings like a bird and sit by the sea in solitude." —Sadeq Hedayat, The Blind Owlplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago“My mother. I don't think too harshly of her. I know she did all she could not to have me, except of course the one thing [...]" —Samuel Beckett, Molloyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-square“My mother. I don't think too harshly of her. I know she did all she could not to have me, except of course the one thing [...]" —Samuel Beckett, Molloyplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
SweetSitty@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhen I was 4, my world was small...plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareWhen I was 4, my world was small...plus-squareSweetSitty@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
KitchenNo2246@lemmy.world · edit-21 year ago"A luxury, once enjoyed, becomes a necessity." - C Northcote Parkinsonmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"A luxury, once enjoyed, becomes a necessity." - C Northcote ParkinsonKitchenNo2246@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
positiveWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” - Periklismessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” - PeriklispositiveWHAT@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year ago"If you can only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now." - Master Oogway message-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"If you can only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now." - Master Oogway solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
tst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year ago"The strong survive, but the courageous triumph." -Michael Scottmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"The strong survive, but the courageous triumph." -Michael Scotttst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year ago"Change is a direction, not a destination" - Kurzgesagt message-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"Change is a direction, not a destination" - Kurzgesagt solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year ago"I am in tears while carrying you to your last resting place. As much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago." - Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 10.659.1-2 message-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"I am in tears while carrying you to your last resting place. As much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago." - Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 10.659.1-2 solfer@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago“‘Everything that we supposedly live by and supposedly die by – whether it’s religious scriptures or makeshift slogans – all of it is show business." —Thomas Ligotti, Teatro Grottescoplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square“‘Everything that we supposedly live by and supposedly die by – whether it’s religious scriptures or makeshift slogans – all of it is show business." —Thomas Ligotti, Teatro Grottescoplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." - H. L. Menckenmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down12
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-square"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." - H. L. MenckenHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep." —Lord Byronplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep." —Lord Byronplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
tst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year ago"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." - Chuck Palahniukmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." - Chuck Palahniuktst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"We are not nihilistic towards life - it is life that is nihilistic towards us." —Julio Cabreraplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"We are not nihilistic towards life - it is life that is nihilistic towards us." —Julio Cabreraplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWe don't have to save the world...plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWe don't have to save the world...plus-squareChaosInstructor@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square0fedilink
RoundSparrow@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago"There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong. I don't think we have to look too far to see that. …plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong. I don't think we have to look too far to see that. …plus-squareRoundSparrow@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
Willard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"[...] to those in whom the will has turned and denied itself, this very real world of ours, with all its suns and galaxies, is - nothing.” —Arthur Schopenhauerplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"[...] to those in whom the will has turned and denied itself, this very real world of ours, with all its suns and galaxies, is - nothing.” —Arthur Schopenhauerplus-squareWillard Herman@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
tst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year ago“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennonmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennontst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
tst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year ago"A great man is always willing to be little." - Ralph Waldo Emersonmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"A great man is always willing to be little." - Ralph Waldo Emersontst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
tst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year ago"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." - Albert Einsteinmessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." - Albert Einsteintst123@lemmy.worldM · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink