#ace

Arafat was a barrier to peace. ↗

Suddenly reminded, she clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh—Simon!" "No, I'm Jace," said Jace patiently. "Simon is the weaselly little one with the bad haircut and dismal fashion sense." "Oh, shut up," she replied, but it was more automatic than heartfelt. "I meant to call before I went to sleep. See if he got home okay." Shaking his head, Jace regarded the heavens as if they were about to open up and reveal the secrets of the universe. "With everything that's going on, you're worried about Weasel Face?" "Don't call him that. He doesn't look like a weasel." "You may be right," said Jace. "I've met an attractive weasel or two in my time. He looks more like a rat. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #jace-wayland #rivalry #simon-lewis #worry

... In fact, it wouldn't hurt if you just spent the next few days inside. You can lock yourself in your room like Isabelle." "I'm not gonna do that." "Of course your not," said Jace, "because you live to torture me, don't you?" "Not everything, Jace, is about you," Clary said furiously. "Possibly," Jace said, "but you have to admit that the majority of things are." Clary resisted the urge to scream. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#resistance

Stuart needs "space" and "time," as if this were physics and not a human relationship. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#heartbreak #relationship #space #heartbreak

Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#enlightenment #life-s-greatest-answers #life-s-purpose #living-the-question #meditation

There's no peace like the peace of an inner courtyard on a sunny day. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

The more you read within a balanced life, the more time you have. Strange but true. ↗