#all

...for all its apparent speed, the ship was almost perfectly silent, and he experienced an enervating, eerie feeling, as though the ancient warship, mothballed all those centuries, had somehow not yet fully woken up, and events within its sleek hull still moved to another, slower tempo, made half of dreams. ↗

— Iain Banks

#dreams #jernau-morat-gurgeh #made-half-of-dreams #mothballed #silence

How inappropriate,’ Lila said coldly. ‘Who’d ever dream of showing up at a dance in a wheelchair? What does she think she’s going to do all night? ↗

— Francine Pascal

#sweet-valley #wheelchairs #dreams

Where do you. come from?" Frank challenged, puffing his chest, a little bolder now that he could breathe. "Some of us are starting to wonder." "I come from civilization," Lucius retorted. "You wouldn't be familiar with the territory. Now pick up the books. ↗

— Beth Fantaskey

#civilization #vampire #dating

Miriam - I'll give you any flowers you want!' Rhapsodising over the thousand scents of her body, I exclaimed: 'I'll grow orchids from your hands, roses from your breasts. You can have magnolias in your hair...!' 'And in my heart?' 'In your womb I'll set a fly-trap! ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#j-g-ballard #sex #unlimited-dream-company #dreams

He who gets the best players usually wins. ↗

— Bobby Bowden

#gets #players #usually #who #wins

Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#ambition #challenges #dreams #goals #journey

Do you understand any of this?" he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens. "Some people understand the value of an education." Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm around Kat's shoulders. "That's sweet, Kat. Maybe later I'll buy you a university. And an ice cream." "I'd settle for the ice cream." "Deal. ↗

— Ally Carter

#ally-carter #bishop #carter #hale #heist

The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#learning #learning process #like #literally #process

Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#education

I see great things in baseball. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#sports #baseball