Quinley (Phoenix_Bluefeather)

“I dream of a better tomorrow. One where chickens can cross the road and their motives remain unquestioned.”
― Anonymous

“Dojhur listened carefully, not interrupting, until the story had finished. “You’re lucky,” he said at last. “At least you knew your parents.”
Olifur frowned. “Didn’t you?”
Dojhur shook his head, his expression melancholy. “Both died before I was born, I think.”
Olifur nodded, then paused, tilting his head to one side as he pondered how such a thing might be possible.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Steal the Morrow

“For some days after his return home—in fact, until his friend's arrival, Tom was thoroughly beaten down and wretched, notwithstanding his efforts to look hopefully forward, and keep up his spirits. His usual occupations were utterly distasteful to him; and, instead of occupying himself, he sat brooding over his late misfortune, and hopelessly puzzling his head as to what he could do to set matters right. The conviction in which he always landed was that there was nothing to be done, and that he was a desolate and blighted being, deserted of gods and men.”
― Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford

“Bhikkhus," the Buddha continued, "one who wants to practice right mindfulness concerning the body must be careful in not letting his mindfulness drop as that man is in not spilling a drop of oil.”
― Visakha Kawasaki, Jataka Tales of the Buddha - Volume I