#cub

I want pancakes.” “What? Right now?” “No. For breakfast.” “Oh.” He yawned. “You’d better get up early then.” “Me? I’m not going to make them.” “Yeah?” His sleepy voice carried mock sympathy. “Who’s going to make them for you then?” “You are.” “Am I? You think I’m going to make you pancakes? Is that how you think it’s going to be?" "You’re so good at,” I whined. “Besides, if you do, I’ll sit on the counter in a short robe while you cook.” His soft laughter segued into another yawn. “Oh. Well then.” He kissed my ear again. “Maybe I’ll make you pancakes. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-on-top #laughter

Look who's calling the cauldron black." "Kettle. It’s a kettle. Get your metaphors right." "That wasn’t a metaphor. It was a, you know..." He stared off into space, blinking. "One of those things that’s symbolic of another thing. But isn’t the same thing. Just like it." "You mean a metaphor?" "No! It’s like a story...like...a proverb! That’s it." "I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a proverb. Maybe it was an analogy." "I don’t think so. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-on-top #metaphor

It’s just as well,” she thought. “If I told them what I really think, they’d shit roses. ↗

— K. Ford K.

#the-concubine-s-gift #love

Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#another #business #community #cubs #did

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#gonna #shine

The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#belong #benefit #companies #cuban #exclusively

My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#cuba #dad #english #find #generation

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space. ↗

— Alan Davies

#cube #fitting #humanity #i #idea

All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it. ↗

— Dizzy Dean

#careers #cubs #giants #help #just

When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future. ↗

— Bob Verdi

#cubs #early #future #late #least