#ban

It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. ↗

— Henry Ford

#banking #before #believe #did #enough

Magnus snapped his fingers again, menacingly. "Get up." "Or you'll be the next one to go up in smoke," said Simon with relish. "There's no need to clarify my finger snap. The implication was clear in the snap itself. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #magnus-bane

There were some feelings you never forgot. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-bane #magnus-bane

Me siento responsable por ese muchacho. Si él nunca encuentra la felicidad, sentiré que le he fallado. Si no puede tener a la chica que ama, sentiré que le he fallado. Si no puedo conservar a su parabatai para él, sentiré que le he fallado. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #magnus-bane

I knew I was a little different from most demons but nothing says freak of nature like a one-eyed gypsy saying I had a rainbow glow. It just didn't sound complimentary. ↗

— Mary Abshire

#paranormal-romance #romance #urban-fantasy #vampire-romance #vampires

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me. Codeine...bourbon..." (Tallulah Bankhead's last coherent words). ↗

— Denis Brian

#love

The smell of her hair lingered just out of reach of his memory and left him with a nervous hum resonating throughout his body like a child forced to sit in church while the sun was shining outside on a perfectly good summer's day. ↗

— Erik Tomblin

#falling-in-love #infatuation #summer #sweet-abandon #youthfulness

The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and dishonesty. 'Like the profits made by banks,' he went on. 'This is evil, I mean, the acquisition of enormous fortunes without work, as it used to be with the spirit monopolists. Only the form has changed. Le roi est mort, vive le roi! Hardly were the monopolies abolished before railways and banks appeared: just another way of making money without work. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#banks #earnings #labor #leo-tolstoy #monopolies

Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse. ↗

— Georges Bizet

#carmen #georges-bizet #habanera #opera #love

lenganku mungkin dapat putus, tetapi genggaman tanganmu tak kan pernah lepas ↗

— Aditia Rinaldi

#love #pengorbanan #life