Joseph Conrad
- Heart of Darkness
I went to work the next day, turning, so to speak, my back on that station. In that way only it seemed to me I could keep my hold on the redeeming facts of life. Still, one must look about sometimes; and then I saw this station, these men strolling aimlessly about in the sunshine of the yard. I asked myself sometimes what it all meant. They wandered here and there with their absurd long staves in their hands, like a lot of faithless pilgrims bewitched inside a rotten fence.
Fernando Meirelles
- City of God (2002)
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn't go from one section the other, not even to visit a relative. The cops considered anyone living in the slum a hoodlum. People got used to living in Vietnam, and more and more volunteers signed up to die.
Bible
- 1 Cor 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Joseph Conrad
- Under Western Eyes
Putting aside Samuel Pepys, who has forced in this way the door of immortality, innumerable people, criminals, saints, philosophers, young girls, statesmen, and simple imbeciles, have kept self-revealing records from vanity no doubt, but also from other more inscrutable motives. There must be a wonderful soothing power in mere words since so many men have used them for self-communion.
zeymen
- Human vs Animals
The only thing humans have different from animals is the ability to have thoughts. It's the hardest boon or a bane question. All animals need to do is take care of their physical health but for humans, we need to take care of our mental health as well. Needlessly, a crazy ability that can make one a champion or a depressed narcissist. Good luck!
Tomorrow X Together
- Anti-Romantic (English translation)
Sorry I'm an anti-romantic. I want to run away, far away. My heart is already chasing after you, and burning with small embers. Sorry I'm an anti-romantic. I don't believe, anymore, in being romantic. As my entire heart burns, I'm afraid that only black ashes will remain.
Anonymous
An idiot admires complexity; a genius admires simplicity. A physicist tries to make it simple. An idiot the more complicated you make it, the more he will admire you. If you make something so clusterfuck, he can't understand it, he will think you're god . Because you made it so complicated, no one can understand it. That's how they write academic journals.
Oscar Wilde
- The Importance of Being Earnest
Well, I don't like your clothes. You look perfectly ridiculous in them. Why on earth don't you go up and change? It is perfectly childish to be in deep mourning for a man who is actually staying for a whole week with you in your house as a guest. I call it grotesque.
Some philosopher
- Who am I?
I am not who you think I am. I am not who I think I am. I am who I think you think I am. And this part is typed because I have to make it longer to submit.
Stranger Things
- Robin's Monologue
Don't apologize, Ruth. Screw that. The fact of the matter is, we did put in a request months ago and were denied. And then we reapplied and we were denied again. And coming here was out last-ditch effort to save our thesis. And I really... can't breathe in this thing. And maybe I should go outside and get some air, Ruth, because I'm starting to think this whole thing is a colossal mistake. I'm breaking out in a rash. My boobs hurt. And I'll tell you the truth, Anthony. May I call you Anthony?
Unknown
- Coco
Hi my name is Coco, and I like to play, run, and jump. Sometimes I get so excited that I will lick your face. I love my life as a dog. My owners will give me treats, and for a good dog biscuit, I will do a flip! I will chase my tail until I get dizzy and stumble on it.
Rumaan Alam
- Children - Leave the World Behind
They had asked themselves questions when they decided to have children-do we have the money, do we have the space, do we have what it takes-but they didn't ask what the world would be when their children grew.
MinhuelCA
- Real Challenge for 70+ WPM
Sun rises, the insistent alarm clock rouses me from slumber. With a resolute sigh, I relinquish my comfortable bed and perform a meticulous oral ablution in the ablutionary facilities. Subsequently, I partake in a well-balanced matutinal repast to satiate my hunger pangsr. And then, if the occasion warrants, apply a touch of eau de cologne to complete my pre-professional preparations, ready to engage my colleagues in a productive workday!.
Vivekananda
- Fearlessness
One idea comes out of all this - the condemnation of all weakness. This is a particular idea in all our teachings which I like, either in philosophy, or in religion, or in work. If you read the Vedas, you will find this word always repeated - fearlessness - fear nothing. Fear is a sign of weakness. A man must go about his duties without taking notice of the sneers and the ridicule of the world.
The Pangram Man
- Pangram
Farmer Jack realized that big yellow quilts were expensive. The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner. A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent. How quickly daft jumping zebras vex! Five or six bit jet planes zoomed quickly over the tower. Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. When zombies arrive, quickly fax Judge Pat. And finally, the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Nicholas Matsakis and Aaron Turon
- The Rust Programming Language
This book assumes that you've written code in another programming language but doesn't make any assumptions about which one. We've tried to make the material broadly accessible to those from a wide variety of programming backgrounds. We don't spend a lot of time talking about what programming is or how to think about it. If you're entirely new to programming, you would be better served by reading a book that specifically provides an introduction to programming.
Thomas Mann
- Death in Venice
An offensive sultriness lay over the streets. The air was so heavy that the smells pouring out of homes, stores, and eating houses became mixed with oil, vapors, clouds of perfume, and still other odors-and these would not blow away, but hung in layers. Cigarette smoke remained suspended, disappearing very slowly.
topskies
- Pins and Needles
When typing, I sometimes find myself in awkward positions for some time. For example, I was sitting on my foot for quite a while and when I got up, I got the dreaded case of pins and needles. Make sure to have good posture when typing.
Close to Me Red Velvet Remix
I want you, you're just a boring hypocrite. This world is not fun, I feel stuffy without you. You want me, until the reason we part. We're kidding, I don't understand. Look at me, look at me inside you. Come closer, we're always the same. Beyond this heart, within reach. On the other side of the road. Near between us. Now, if it's not you. Oh. It's just me. Beyond this heart, within reach.
-AJR-
- Hole in the Bottom of My Brain
Now, there's coke on the nose of a bro I don't know, in a showroom of clothes that were fancily sewn, in a town that I loathe on a coast that gets stoked, on the thing made of gold in a home that I own, from a song that I wrote about likes and "hello"s, on a post on my phone of a party I throw, but I know I'm alone, no, I know I'm alone, in the hole in the bottom of my brain.
