#cia

Percy," Grover said, "the gods really don't appreciate people sitting in their thrones. I mean like turn-you-into-a-pile-of-ashes don't appreciate it. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #poseidon #appreciation

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#wisdom #wonder #appreciation

Every one of my fans is so special to me ↗

— Justin Bieber

#appreciation

Because I do not wish to know,” he says. “I prefer to remain unenlightened, to better appreciate the dark. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#appreciation

Do you think me horselike, my lord?" Realizing the threat to his personage, Blackmoor wiped the smile from his face and replied, "Not at all. I said I think you charming." "A fine start." "And I appreciate your exuberance." His eyes glitered with barely contained laughter. "Like that of a child." Hers sparkled with irritation. "And, of course, you are entertaining." "Excellent. Like the aforementioned child's toy." He couldn't hide a chuckle. "Not at all. You are a far better companion than any of the toys I had as a child." "Oh, I am most flattered." "You should be. I had some tremendous toys. ↗

— Sarah MacLean

#blackmoor #season #appreciation

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. ↗

— Sofia Kovalevskaya

#impossible #mathematician #poet #soul #without

We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think. ↗

— Rod Serling

#twilight-zone #development

The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work ↗

— Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

#social #education

Here you can shoot the bad guys,' a mercenary says in Baghdad. 'In America we give them corporate bonuses. ↗

— Michael Robotham

#iraq #iraq

And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#wynton-marsalis #musician