“I’m trying to live in the way of love and the way of Jesus the best I know how. I know I don’t have it all right, but I love the way of Jesus. I don’t have a definition for that.”— Lisa Gungor, relevantmagazine.com
“Annie Walker: Tell me it's worth it. Auggie Anderson: Tell me what 'it' is, and I'll tell you if it's worth it.”— Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ulin, Auggie Anderson, Christopher Gorham, imdb.com
“Autism, a mental condition characterized by difficulty in communicating and using language and abstract concepts. That's the definition. Does it sound like I'm describing a surgeon?”— David Shore, Dr. Marcus Andrews, Hill Harper, imdb.com
“'ghost gear' - lost & abandoned fishing equipment in seas and oceans, totalling 10% of all plastic waste in the ocean & very harmful to marine life.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“'Yggdrasil' - in Norse cosmology, the great ash tree at the cosmos's centre, the branches & roots of which connect different realms & times, allowing passage from underworld to heaven. One of many such 'world-trees' that stand rooted in global cultures.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“Definition is always limitation—the "fixed" and "unchangeless" are but terms expressive of a stoppage of growth.”— Kakuzō Okakura, amazon.com
“What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“Your heart will become a dusty piano in the basement of a church and she will play you when no one is looking. Now you understand why it’s called an organ.”— Rudy Francisco, fuckyeahrudyfrancisco.tumblr.com
“What I love about science is that enthusiastic, perpetual drive toward objective truth and understanding.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.”— Sabaa Tahir, amazon.com
“To avoid getting sucked into an almost-relationship, keep boundaries. Know what you would do for a good friend, what they would do for you, and subsequently, what you would do for a significant other. If you find yourself venturing into bf/gf territory on the regular, it might be time to step back a…”— Paige McPhee, narcity.com
“Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”— Stieg Larsson, amazon.com