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There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#asked #deal #does #harder #head

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.) ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#quip #risk #uncertainty #risk

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#groups #individuals #madness #nations #parties

Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#jane-austen #library

He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what I can do after all. ↗

— Sophie Jordan

#fantasy #fiction #paranormal #romance #shapeshifters

I'm like any other kid; I've seen the monsters in the closet and under the bed. The only difference between me and other kids is...the monsters are afraid of me..." (Angel) Night School: A Dasheen "Angel" Vampire Hunter novel ↗

— Michelle Cornwell-Jordan

#young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

I try to stay under the radar. ↗

— Jason Patric

#radar #stay #try #under

Even officers who don't approve of your lifestyle choices would still take you as backup over Kirkland, or most anyone else. They'd say how you're bad for shaking up with vampires and wereleopards, but in a firefight they'd take your vampire-loving, furry-fucking ass over most anyone else's. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#arlen-brice #kiss-the-dead #laurell-k-hamilton #love

When Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor and publisher, was serving as the American ambassador to France, he often impressed French intellectual with the wisdom of his remarks. At one dinner, the question was raised, "What human condition deserves the most pity?" Each of the guests responded, but the answer that is still remembered is Benjamin Franklins's: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read. ↗

— Paul Kropp

#life

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#born #dead #drops #eyes #i