terrypratchettparadise:

“And then the eagle lets go.

And almost always the tortoise plunges to its death. Everyone knows why the tortoise does this. Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. No one knows why the eagle does this. There’s good eating on a tortoise but, considering the effort involved, there’s much better eating on practically anything else. It’s simply the delight of eagles to torment tortoises.

But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.

One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.”

– Terry Pratchett – Small Gods

Gravity is a

Habit that is hard to shake

Off. No one knows why…

I live by these words…

myfrogcroaked:

”Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope.” – Noam Chomsky

samcsrennie:

“Knowing the truth, which is that nothing matters, can actually save you. Once you get through that terrifying threshold of accepting that, then every place is the centre of the universe, and every moment is the most important moment, and everything is the meaning of life.”

— Dan Harmon, creator of Community and co-creator of Rick and Morty.

drpathetique:

studymedblr:

“These are the pills for my heebee jeebee’s”

— An adorable 90 year old woman describing her anxiety medication

*accurately describing

milamai:

Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature. I learned to love at the same time. – Claude Monet (by Milamai)

thelovejournals:

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

—

Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

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