#ck

Power ought to serve as a check to power. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#check #ought #serve

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#ally #attacked #been #cases #enemy

Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#check #get #i #i do #little

It's odd the things that people remember. Parents will arrange a birthday party, certain it will stick in your mind forever. You'll have a nice time, then two years later you'll be like, 'There was a pony there? Really? And a clown with one leg?' ↗

— David Sedaris

#birthday #birthday party #certain #clown #forever

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country. ↗

— David Sedaris

#american #american culture #ask #back #country

After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#better #great #great time #know #lucky

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#christmas #christmas eve #down #eve #got

I was very young when we got married and I don't know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#enough #got #guy #how #i

People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. ↗

— Lisa See

#back up #come #each #friendship #last

People write to me all the time, and I write back. ↗

— Lisa See

#i #i write #me #people #time