“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.” Ayn Rand
“The truly adult view [...] is that our life is as meaningful, as full and as wonderful as we choose to make it. And we can make it very wonderful indeed.” Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
“Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain. Otherwise, you might as well be living on a reservation, worshipping a bunch of bogus gods.” Scott Westerfeld, Pretties (Uglies #2)
“Writing, painting, singing- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death’s footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives.” Ally Condie, Reached (Matched #3)
“Any book is a Good Book, and wherever they keep the Good Book safe is also the House a the Lord. ” Kami Garcia, Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1)
Labels: blog meme, Thoughts for Thursday