#ado

Even in half demon hunter clothes, Clary thought, he looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house to pick you up for a date and be polite to your parents and nice to your pets. Jace on the other hand, looked like the kind of boy who'd come over your house and burn it down just for kicks. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #shadowhunters #simon #dating

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? ↗

— George Carlin

#humour #paradox #humor

He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time. ↗

— Brian Andreas

#love #relationships #story-people #love

So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and care-free vacations. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. ↗

— Scott Simon

#family

My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#ball #ballplayer #father #i #me

Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#lena #most #sweetest #woman #world

And it's interesting, when you look at the predictions made during the peak of the boom in the 1990s, about e-commerce, or internet traffic, or broadband adoption, or internet advertising, they were all right - they were just wrong in time. ↗

— Chris Anderson

#adoption #advertising #boom #broadband #during

No, I'm not adopting any children. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#any #children #i

The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer. ↗

— David Antin

#debates #entertainer #entertainment #greece #paradoxical

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #bond #develop #eager #expanding