#alley

You’ll never be just anything. A tsunami can never be ‘just’ a wave.” “Get off my chin.” “I like that about you. Waves are banal. Tsunamis reshape the Earth. Under the right circumstances, even entire civilizations.” I blink. “You’re going to be one hell of a woman one day, Dani. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#ryodan #civilization

Velvet looks horrified. “If you are fool enough to address King R’jan, you will do it thus and in no other manner! ‘My King, Liege, Lord, and Master, your servant begs you grant it leave to speak.’” “Wow. Totally delusionary there.” “Good luck with that,” Ryodan says. “She doesn't beg to speak, or do anything else. You can lock her up, down, and sideways and it’s never going to happen.” I beam at him. I had no idea he thought so highly of me. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#fae #fever-series #iced #mega #ryodan

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee. ↗

— Jane Kaczmarek

#grew #i #milwaukee #playing #side

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper. ↗

— John Keegan

#crashing #glorious #i #i think #into

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#also #between #books #even #everything

Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome. ↗

— Gemma Malley

#death #declaration #gemma #life #love

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head. ↗

— Martin Mull

#bowling #bowling alley #family #having #head

When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#ford #god #green #how #i

When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#light #remember #shadow #shadows #through

He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival. ↗

— Gemma Malley

#butterflies #butterfly #death #flower #flowers