The game itself is bigger than the winning.
Dejan StojanovicTag: wisdom books poetry philosophy literature winning poets games quotes game poetry-quotes literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
For a game, you don’t need a teacher.
Dejan StojanovicTag: wisdom books poetry philosophy teachers literature poets games quotes game teacher poetry-quotes literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
Every step in life is merely part of a game. Every piece is necessary, but if you do not know how to control the game, then you become one of the pieces that are meant to be sacrificed.
Lionel SuggsTag: philosophy strategy life-lessons games tactics
And so the game went on in this manner, a throng of children playing keep-away from a bowling ball tossed back and forth between two plump ogres. The air filled with shrieks and cheers and shouts of laughter as daring players thrilled at the sport. That is, all but the few poor souls knocked flat and captured. No laughter rose from behind bars because those in the birdcage knew what was in store. They would soon be lunch for a couple of hungry ogres.
Now you might be thinking—didn’t Gavin call it fun when he was swallowed by a wolf earlier? And didn’t he tell that raven-haired girl it doesn’t hurt to be swallowed whole by a bear? All true, all true. But here’s a secret you might not know.
Ogres chew their food.
Luckily, it’s only the first bite that stings.
Tag: dreams playing secrets games ogres dreamland richelle gavin richelle-goodrich
Vera had not sensed my approach. She was peering into the instrument and turning knobs with child-like seriousness and ineptitude. It was obvious that she had never used a microscope before.
I stole closer to her, and then I said, "Boo!"
She jerked her head away from the eyepiece.
"Hello," I said.
"You scared me to death," she said.
"Sorry," I said, and I laughed.
These ancient games go on and on. It's nice they do.
During this kind of highly structured, self-motivated hard work, Csikszentmihalyi wrote, we regularly achieve the greatest form of happiness available to human beings: intense, optimistic engagement with the world around us. We feel fully alive, full of potential and purpose--in other words, we are completely activated as human beings.
Jane McGonigalTag: happiness games flow human-potential
Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.
Marta AcostaTag: life games trying fairness cards-you-have-been-dealt dark-companion
REMIND ME AGAIN, he said, HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE.
Terry PratchettDenial and affirmation are games which people play.
There are people who deny that they are capable of denying, and who would insist that people do not insist.
Tag: truth games mirrors unaware asleep
There is nothing more entertaining then leaving someone speechless. Yet, there is nothing sadder than realizing that person was incapable of retaining half of what you said, and will repeat the story all wrong to someone else.
Shannon L. AlderTag: lies revenge hurt anger games conversation betrayal inattention add not-caring attention-deficit-disorder not-listening impusivity loss-of-focus not-communicating
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