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#1

“People do not know what to make of me, and this pleases me. I don't want to be scrutable.”
― Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts

tags: being-understood, inscrutability, scrutability

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#2

“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

tags: illness, sick, women

689 likes

#3

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
― Confucious

tags: wisdom

6112 likes

#4

“He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
― Confucius

tags: wisdom

2644 likes

#5

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
― Confucius

tags: foolishness, other-people

1419 likes

#6

“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
― Confucius

1082 likes

#7

“When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
― Confucius

971 likes

#8

“To defeat a monster, you have to be twice as monstrous.
To love a monster, you have to share your soul.”
― S.T. Abby, Mindf*ck Series

tags: crime, fucked, love, police, profiler

56 likes

#9

“Love is not supposed to be beautiful. It’s supposed to be a raw, gritty struggle that forces you to face the most vulnerable parts of yourself, so that when the good times come, you can savor and enjoy them, fully appreciate what they’re worth. Otherwise, you take it all for granted.”
― S.T. Abby, Mindf*ck Series

23 likes

#10

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire

tags: double-standards, ethics, governments, humor, irony, killing, law, mankind, morality, murder, nationalism, nations, war

4085 likes

#11

“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

tags: inspirational

3875 likes

#12

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism

3172 likes

#13

“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
― Voltaire

2775 likes

#14

“Common sense is not so common.”
― Voltaire, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

tags: apothegm, common-sense

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