no. 461

"Viewed through the lens of history, the main job of U.S. presidents is to be mature and wise enough to stand up to the permanent war machine."

Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University

no. 450

"For a country that used to pride itself on a certain stoicism, the United States has become a land of whiny little boys and girls."

Ted Rall, "Wimpy Cops and Scared Soldiers: Why Are Americans Such Cowards?"

no. 329

no. 316

no. 313

"Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing you might have to kill."

Hunter S. Thompson

via

no. 286

"If I’d had children and had a girl, the first words I would have taught her would have been 'fuck off' because we weren’t brought up ever to say that to anyone, were we? And it’s quite valuable to have the courage and the confidence to say, 'No, fuck off, leave me alone, thank you very much'."

Dame Helen Mirren

via

no. 218

Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water.
And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes
you cannot even breathe deeply, and
the night sky is no home, and
you have cried yourself to sleep enough times
that you are down to your last two percent, but

nothing is infinite,
not even loss.

You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day
you are going to find yourself again.

Finn Butler

no. 138

"To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first."

Janeane Garofalo.