“I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him of quietude.” MetsConsciousBillsAuras Author:Nat Hentoff
“I've always thought about gender, as someone who has been categorically "gender nonconforming" for my entire life, I was forced to think about it, but obviously I became more conscious of it as a social issue as I've gotten older. And as I've met more folks who are genderqueer or trans, it's been really enlightening to hear their stories, and it got me thinking about my own gender history.” ThinkingHas BeensStoriesSocialMy OwnIssuesMetsConsciousFolksGenderSocial IssuesEnlighteningTrans Author:Liz Prince
“The leaves streamed down, trembling in the sun. They were not green, only a few, scattered through the torrent, stood out in single drops of green so bright and pure that it hurt the eyes; the rest were not a color, but a light, the substance of fire on metal, living sparks without edges. And it looked as if the forest were a spread of light boiling slowly to produce this color, the green rising in small bubbles, the condensed essence of spring. The trees met, blending over the road and the spots of sun on the ground moved with the shifting of the branches, like a conscious caress.” IfsLightEyeHurtSunFireTreeProduceColorMetsPureSpringConsciousEssenceGreenMovedEdgesSpreadForestsSpotsSubstanceRisingBranchesSparksMetalsBubblesIt HurtsShiftingTremblingCaressBoiling Book:The Fountainhead Source: The Fountainhead
“From the first time he'd met her, he'd sensed an air of contradiction about her. She was very much a woman, but still retained a waiflike quality. She could be brash, and at times deliberately suggestive, yet she was painfully shy. She was incredibly easy to get along with, yet she had few friends. She was a talented artist in her own right, but so self-conscious about her work that she rarely completed a piece and preferred to work with other people's art and ideas.” PeopleFirstsArtStillsIdeasSelfArtistEasyQualityPiecesAirMetsConsciousFirst TimeContradictionShySelf ConsciousEasy To GetFew FriendsBrash Author:Charles de Lint
“Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.” HeartEyeTogetherTurnsChristMetsStandardsConsciousHundredUnityStrivePianoBowsFellowshipAccordForksLooking Away Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I never believed in love at first sight, until I met Derek. It's all-consuming and delicious and wonderful and exciting. At the same time, it makes me nervous and self-conscious and emotional. Love exists. I know it does, because I'm madly, deeply, hopelessly in love.” KnowsFirstsDoeSelfWonderfulEmotionalMetsConsciousSightExcitingNervousLove At First SightDeliciousConsumingSelf ConsciousEmotional LoveHopelessly In Love Author:Simone Elkeles
“I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.” IfsDoneHelpingPainGriefKnowingMetsOne DayConsciousAngryUpsetGood LifeBetter LifeReally Good Life Book:Me Before You: A Novel Source: Me Before You: A Novel