#castle

New rumors that Saddam Hussein is planning to flee to a castle in Libya with 10 billion dollars. Now President Bush doesn't know whether to nuke him or give him a tax cut. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#bush #castle #cut #dollars #flee

I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally Hello Kitty, I have a massive pink couch and a big antique gold cross. ↗

— Avril Lavigne

#bathroom #bedroom #big #black #castle

When I think of the Middle Ages I think of castles, Catholicism, and taking your kids to soccer practice.
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— Jarod Kintz

#catholic #catholicism #middle-ages #religion #soccer

The moment a woman realizes that she has nothing to live for - neither love, duty, purpose nor hope - holds for her the bitterness of death. ↗

— L. M. Montgonery

#reality #death

Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles dissolve under the weight of desire, and where reality has vanished entirely. ↗

— Iain Pears

#cloud-cuckoo-land #desires #dreams #futility #imagination

Stories start in all sorts of places. Where they begin often tells the reader of what to expect as they progress. Castles often lead to dragons, country estates to deeds of deepest love (or of hate), and ambiguously presented settings usually lead to equally as ambiguous characters and plot, leaving a reader with an ambiguous feeling of disappointment. That's one of the worst kinds. ↗

— Rebecca McKinsey

#castles #characters #disappointment #dragons #hate

There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. I’m the kind that pays better. Who am I? I’m Rick Castle, Castle, Castle. I really am ruggedly handsome, aren’t I? Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine. Detective Kate Beckett, Beckett, Beckett, Nikki Heat? The character he’s basing on you. And thanks to my friendship with the Mayor, I get to be on her case. I’d be happy to let you spank me. And together we catch killers. We make a pretty good team, you know. Like Starsky and Hutch, Turner and Hooch. You do remind me a little of Hooch. ↗

— Maraget Waston

#friendship

But I can't see how anyone could believe that you killed the bear with a pitchfork,' I said. 'I didn't. I only wounded it - badly, I think, but not enough to put it out of action. It came blundering towards me, I stepped aside and it crashed head-first into the river - I could hear it threshing about in the darkness. I picked up a big stone - poor brute, I hated to do it but I had to finish it off. It gave just one groan as the stone hit it and then went down. I held the lantern high; I could see the bubbles coming up. And then I saw the dark bulk of it under the water, being carried along by the current.' 'But you didn't have a lantern,' I said. 'He didn't have a bear,' said Topaz. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#i-capture-the-castle #humor

Topaz was wonderfully patient - but sometimes I wonder if it is not only patience, but also a faint resemblance to cows. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#i-capture-the-castle #humor

... And they are like a drug, one needs them oftener and oftener and has to make them more and more exciting - until at last one's imagination won't work at all. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#imagination