“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and flying out of the corrosive fire. The coward is a trickster serpent, which vanishes in your time of despair, and appears in time of equanimity.” LovePainFearFireSecurityBattleSafeDespairSalvationFood For ThoughtUncertaintyFightCowardiceDreadConquerorSerpentEquanimityTrue FriendsHavenStrong BondTricksterUncertaintiesDreadfulCorrosiveDare Devil Author:Michael Bassey Johnson
“It's not as if we're running a hospital for sick children down here, let's put it that way. Where's the nobility in patching up a bunch of old tables and chairs? Corrosive to the soul, quite possibly. I've seen too many estates not to know that. Idolatry! Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? And isn't the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?” LifeHeartSoulCareBeautyObjectsSavingNobilityDestroyConnectPatch UpCorrosive Book:The Goldfinch Source: The Goldfinch
“Love is not all about loving everything perfect, it is when someones corrosive nature is the only thing that glues you to them which you wished it were never there.” LoveTogetherUnderstandingNatureNaturalDangerousDangerEternalEmpathyPerfectionThreatUnityTrue LoveImperfectionFavouriteReal FriendsPatheticDifferenceNeverWildLoving SomeoneGlueInfectionMichael Bassey JohnsonOneSomeoneCloseTrue FriendsSomebodyUnpleasantCorrosive Author:Michael Bassey Johnson
“The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides.” BooksShameTormentWorthlessTaintedWorthlessnessTaintCorrosive Book:The Goldfinch Source: The Goldfinch
“Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.” EvilHurtEnemyTroubleNegativeDestructionHatredFood For ThoughtIsraelmore AyivorBadEnemiesKillNegative PeopleHatersDestroyersSkinToxic PeopleInsultsNegative AttitudeGossipsEvil WordsAcidsDetractorsCorrosive Author:Israelmore Ayivor