#cursed

Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter. ↗

— Anacreon

#brings #brothers #cursed #enslaved #love

Blood trickled from the corner of her (Annabeth) mouth. She croaked, "Family, Luke. You promised." Luke stared at the knife in Annabeth's hand, the blood on her face. "Promise." Then he gasped like he couldn't get air. "Annabeth . . ." But it wasn't the Titan's voice. It was Luke's. He stumbled forward like he couldn't control his own body. "You're bleeding. . . ." He gasped again."He's changing. Help. He's . . . he's almost ready. He won't need my body anymore. Please—" "The knife, Percy," Annabeth muttered. Her breath was shallow. "Hero . . . cursed blade . . ." Luke turned and collapsed, clutching his ruined hands."Please, Percy . . ." Luke seemed to know what I was thinking. He moistened his lips. "You can't . . . can't do it yourself. He'll break my control. He'll defend himself. Only my hand. I know where. I can . . . can keep him controlled." I raised the knife to strike. Then I looked at Annabeth, at Grover. And I finally understood what she'd been trying to tell me. You are not the hero, Rachel had said. It will affect what you do. The line from the great prophecy echoed in my head: A hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap. My whole world tipped upside down,and I gave the knife to Luke.I watched as Luke grasped the hilt he stabbed himself ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cursed-blade #luke #percy-jackson #the-hero-in-the-great-prophecy #change

Were they ready? Did the sun rise in the east and set in the fucking west? ↗

— L.A. Banks

#l-a-banks #death

I am cursed. Everybody around me dies. It just might take a hundred years for them to do so.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cursed #death #death

I shall be your poet! I do not want to be a poet for others; make your appearance, and I shall be your poet. I shall eat my own poem, and that will be my food. Or do you find me unworthy? Just as a temple dancer dances to the honor of the god Gudutl, so I have consecrated myself to your service; light, thinly clad, limber, unarmed, I renounce everything. I own nothing; I desire to own nothing; I love nothing; I have nothing to lose-but have I not thereby become more worthy of you, you who long ago must have been tired of depriving people of what they love, tired of their craven sniveling and craven pleading. Surprise me-I am ready ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#enchantment #johannes #love #love-letters #passion

Hunger gnawed at my stomach, but I was afraid someone would be in the kitchen again. So I found myself staring at the front door. Freedom seemed just a doorknob-turn away. When I did open the door, freedom didn't wait — a half-naked Hayden did. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#ember #hayden #freedom

There’s something eternal about love and once it starts, it doesn’t stop. There is no controlling it—love does what it wants when it wants. ↗

— H.M. Ward

#demon-kissed #love

Oh you will die and soon because you made the choice to fall in love.” ~Asher Lake ↗

— Shawn Reilly

#cursed #paranormal-romance-series #love

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#curiosity #cursed #desire #female #female mind

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth. ↗

— Bono

#cursed #digging #drilling #get #happy