#age

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them. ↗

— Richard Strauss

#look #never #only #them #you

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious. ↗

— Bjarne Stroustrup

#flaws #however #java #language #limitations

The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#asia #being #coming #competition #enter

Nobody likes to life anchors. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#life

Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #love

If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste time. I encourage fools. I slip the vital hours into penny slot machines -- to pass time, to start my stuck wheels only love can oil. ↗

— Elizabeth Smart

#love

For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #will-herondale

She did not belong to Will-she was too much herself to belong to anyone, even Jem-but she belonged with them, and silently he cursed the Consul for not seeing it. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #tessa-gray

Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #page- #tessa-gray

It was good to be here with Hem and Cecily an Charlotte, to be surrounded by their affection, but without her there would always be something missing, a Tessa-shaped part chiseled out of his heart that he could never get back. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #page- #tessa-gray