#action

[Alcohol] not only replaces positive actions which would address the root causes of our despondency – it prevents them, as more energy becomes focused on achieving and recovering from the drunken state. ↗

— CrimethInc.

#alcohol #drunkenness #anarchy

Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters? ~Disarming(Reign of Blood #2) ↗

— Alexia Purdy

#dystopia #mature-ya #post-apocalyptic #suspense #thriller

I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to light our spliffs. My fingertips tapped the stem to the gizmo that dinged a bell. Nobody came out. Wrong signal, so I did two bell rings. No response prompted me to tap out a series of bell rings. ↗

— Ed Lynskey

#adventure #crime #mystery #noir #smoky-mountains

You ever get the feeling all hell’s about to break loose and there’s nothing you can do about it? ↗

— Ali Vali

#crime #romance #suspense-drama #suspense

For anyone who wanted to throw away his watch, along with his past, this was the place. ↗

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

#adventure #mystery #suspense #travel #suspense

A hundred yards away, Mike Newton was lowering Bella's limp body to the sidewalk. She slumped unresponsively against the wet concrete, her skin chalky as a corpse. I almost took the door off the car. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#car #edward-cullen #midnight-sun #mike #overreaction

There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too light. And third, there's nothing in the world I can't tear up. ↗

— Akimine Kamijyo

#adventure #comedy #demon-eyes-kyo #manga #samurai

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character. ↗

— Aaliyah

#action #character #coach #i #involved

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#actions #concrete #effects #examples #gangsta

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. ↗

— John Adams

#been #chicanery #division #faction #great