#ai

I have always felt that fear possesses such great power, enough to paralyze and quake an individual. Pondering this, I realized that the source of fear's power comes from within me. So, I ask myself, does that not make me the powerful one? ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#anxiety #dread #fear #obstacles #power

Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#happiness #joy #rainbow #richelle #richelle-goodrich

What’s wrong?” asked Seth, seeing my frown. “That new drummer. Alec. He hit on me earlier, and now he’s moving in on Casey. I think he’s one of those guys who thinks plying girls with liquor is the only way to get laid.” “Wait. I thought I was the only guy who knew that secret. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-on-top #new-thought

If you’re not good, I’ll burn your—” “Yeah, I know.” MeShack strolled to his bedroom. “You’ll burn my balls off. ↗

— Kenya Wright

#shapeshifters #trolls #urban-fantasy-romance #vampires #witches

What you gain here, you lose on the other side. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#gain #literature #literature-quotes #loss #other-side

To keep the air fresh among words is the secret of verbal cleanliness. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#cleanliness #dejan-stojanovic #fresh-air #literature #literature-quotes

Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#complaining #dejan-stojanovic #earth #literature #literature-quotes

I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#wisdom #fairy-tales

It’s me,” he said, and cleared his throat. “I could understand if you didn’t believe me, but I swear on the Angel, Iz, it’s me.” Alec said nothing, but his grip on Jace’s hand tightened. “You don’t need to swear,” he said, and with his free hand touched the parabatai rune near his collarbone. “I know. I can feel it. I don’t feel like I’m missing a part of me anymore.” “I felt it too.” Jace took a ragged breath. “Something missing. I felt it, even with Sebastian, but I didn’t know what it was I was missing. But it was you. My parabatai. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #parabatai #jace-wayland

Vlad had found himself longing to encounter those of his own kind, to travel to the streets of Elysia-that far away world, but after a while it seemed more of a fairy tale than anything else. Like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, only with fangs. ↗

— Heather Brewer

#fairy-tales