Fear cannot take what you do not give it.
—Christopher Coan (via showslow)
Every possession is just another stick to beat yourself with.
—Johnny Cash
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated
—William James
Pensando entre tanto en nada, que es la más horrible forma de pensar
—Julio Cortázar
You’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget. I’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one.
—Don Draper, Mad Men (via jaredkim)
I don’t speak of vengeance or forgiveness; forgetting is the only vengeance and the only forgiveness
—Jorge Luis Borges
The model is never the system
—Jim Manzi
God made Man because He loves stories
—Elie Wiesel
By far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this — that men despair and think things impossible.
—Francis Bacon
