#aunt

I was under the impression that I warned you that in London country ways will not do, Frederica!” “You did!” she retorted. “And although I can’t say that I paid much heed to your advice it so happens that I am accompanied today by my aunt!” “Who adds invisibility to her other accomplishments! ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#aunt #banter #chaperon #invisible #london

What is wrong with you?' I shake my head. 'Pull it together.' And that's what it feels like: pulling the different parts of me up and in like a shoelace. I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#dauntless #divergent #insurgent #tris-prior #bravery

Then you can blame it on your parents,' I said, smiling. 'Won't that be a relief? ↗

— Richard Bachman

#decker #jones #rage #stephen-king #taunt

Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#haunted #house #nature #art

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#coming #death #end #freedom #haunt

Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#add #again #aunt #did #difficult

I was adopting an Ethiopian child, that's not true. My house was haunted, that wasn't true. God, there's been so many rumours. ↗

— Adele

#been #child #god #haunted #house

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker. ↗

— Jason Alexander

#avenue #bronx #davidson #grandparents #had

My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#because #bigger #bottom #bulb #call

Maybe! Maybe! Maybe if your aunt had a beard, she'd be your uncle. ↗

— Alvah Bessie

#beard #had #maybe #she #uncle