#avery

Jeb'd said it was harder for a pretty girl to find work; even white men liked flowers, whether red or pink or blue. ↗

— Shannon Celebi

#abolitionist #flowers #pretty-girl #pretty-girls #race-relations

The value of being brave, working hard, saving money keeping order depends on what it's for. ↗

— Bernhard Schlink

#value-of-bravery #money

Become more valuable to your marketplace at your job. Your job is full of opportunities. Find them! Make more money! ↗

— Carlos Roche

#co-worker #employee #employer #salary #wage-slavery

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#foolishness #bravery

Don't be afraid of being scared. To be afraid is a sign of common sense. Only complete idiots are not afraid of anything. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#bravery #common-sense #fear #idiots #scared

The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#daja #fear #friends #sandry #bravery

Men are not angels,” Akhmar affirmed. “And so men have the chance to be noble, in a way that angels cannot. ↗

— J. Leigh Bralick

#bravery #human-nature #nobility #men

The thing about the black market is, it’s racist. White children make useful slaves, too. ↗

— M.C. Humphreys

#slavery #racism

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening. ↗

— Paula Fox

#realism #slavery #truth #truth-telling #slavery

So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires. ↗

— Seth Grahame-Smith

#vampires #slavery