#contrariness

[tonreihe]

“The Catholic Church does not dictate to my family what time I go to Mass.”

Flannery O’Connor, age six, puts her foot down.

(Brad Gooch, Flannery: A Life of Flannery O’Connor)

[stoicmike]

The younger you get too old to argue the better. -- Michael Lipsey

[witchofanguish]

if it happened in real life the same wouldn't be true but it just ticks me off the way people present it here

[wilbycoles]

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the willful contrariness and crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition]

When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. [Brenton Septuagint Translation]

If you do the right thing, honesty will be your guide. But if you are crooked, you will be trapped by your own dishonesty. [Contemporary English Version]

The hope of the upright will be built up, and the pride of the evil will be overthrown. [Peshitta Holy Bible Translated]

[shallowrambles]

Be careful

Just because you see a reflection something in another, something in common, something of "mirror"

Doesn't mean it's "one-to-one coded"

We all see something of ourselves in another if we know how to look

[danskjavlarna]

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[kerfluffle]

Alice: Oh dear, everything is *so* confusing. Caterpillar: It is not. —Lewis Carroll   Alice In Wonderland

[pilfered-words]

Why I'm a ridiculous person

Random Person on the Internet: Here's a quote, I'm not sure where it comes from exactly! It doesn't really matter, it just worked really well in my fic!

Me: OK, time to spend two hours researching the exact source and original context of the quote.