#am

You're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?" He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?" "What?" "Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?" "I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#firestorm #joanne #jonathan #dreams

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin. ↗

— Benjamin Elijah Mays

#dreams

The past is always tense, the future perfect. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#grammar #language #past #past

We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301). ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#travel-writing #wandering #dreams

It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword." "I can’t. I can’t leave him alone. I have to protect him." "You have. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#frostbite #mead #richelle #vampire #alone

You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#games

Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us! ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#games

The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#hunger-games-peeta-katniss #games

Winter is coming. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#mottos #winter #games

Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#games