#downs

I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#humor #manners #philip-marlowe #put-downs #raymond-chandler

IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt the need to hide it. ↗

— Stacia Kane

#downside-ghosts #truth #life

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice ... the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#celebrations #countdowns #home-alone #making-memories #new-year

Time does nothing but hand you down shabbier and older things. ↗

— Aleksandar Hemon

#time #love

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#importance #nervous-breakdowns #neurosis #perspective #self-perception

People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#bullying #confidence #potential #put-downs #quotable

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean, "Owl-head" and "Wise Girl" are kind of lame insults. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#demigod #demigod-files #insults #percy-jackson #put-downs

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#begin #between #came #day #downstairs

It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#created #days #did #downs #had

Cornwall is one of the most beautiful places, with great people - there's not a great downside to it. ↗

— Tori Amos

#beautiful places #cornwall #downside #great #great people