So what would you have me do?
Nothing. Sometimes nothing is the hardest thing to do.
Tyrion to Daenerys
Quotes
Belief.
A wise man once said that you should never believe a thing, simply because you want to believe it.
Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones S07E03
Game of thrones, the poem
When people ask what happened here,
tell them the north remembers,
tell them the winter came
for house Frey.
Arya Stark, Game of Thrones S07E01 scene 1
Knowledge ? Ignorance
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble.
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
Mark Twain
The cure is salt water
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
– Isak Dinesen
“Live the life you’ve imagined.”
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.”
― Henry David Thoreau
I’ve come across this quote twice in the left 24 hours, in two unrelated places. First, as a chapter cover in the book I finished last night. Then, just now, at the head of a blog post by someone I barely know.
It got me thinking with the first hit. Now, with the double appearance, it seems like a message from the great void.
Time to heed it?
Walk tall.
All you can do is be brave enough to get out there. You fought. You love. You lost. Walk tall, Torres.
– Mark Sloan, Grey’s Anatomy S05E12
Be a pal, not a dick.
I don’t need sympathy or special consideration because, ultimately, who cares? You hate me, and I hate me, too. We are on the same team. I guess what I’m saying is that maybe we could all just mind our own fucking business for once, and that when you can actually see a person’s scars, maybe be a pal and don’t pick at them.
Samantha Irby, in ‘We are never meeting in real life’
Can vs Should.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should.
Dr. Ian Malcolm, in Jurassic Park
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
— Charles Bukowski (from today’s Economist Espresso)