#eat

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter. ↗

— John Bright

#intended #keep #law #now #price

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years. ↗

— John Bright

#bad #caused #depression #extension #great

Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature. ↗

— David Brin

#aim #even #every #features #fun

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. ↗

— David Brin

#best #change #deal #does #explore

Once when I was a little child of six or so, I watched a spider spinning its web in a corner of the house. Before the spider had even finished its job, a mosquito flew right into the web and was trapped there. The spider didn't pay it any attention at first, but went on with what it was doing; only when it was finished did it creep over on its pointy toes and sting that poor mosquito to death. As I sat there on that wooden floor and watched Hatsumomo come reaching for me with her delicate fingers, I knew I was trapped in a web she had spun for me. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#nature #death

When clouds will become heavier than the land in us led our entire life by the steps of our Destiny, we will understand that not their moments’ rain has darkened the sun of our life, but the failure to be ourselves. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#death

Loneliness is the standard that separates life from death. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#life #loneliness #death

Via the conduit of a wild dog pack, she has now made the ultimate Gift to her fellow Creatures, and has become part of God's great dance of proteins. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#death

Frankly, Governor Romney in his career has created more jobs than the entire Obama cabinet combined, so he could actually talk about it. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#actually #cabinet #career #combined #could

As I apologized to her a flicker of panic raced through me and then faded away. There wasn't enough life left in me to panic. I'd made a mistake and I was dying. Apparently not even a Speck afterlife was available to me. I'd simply stop being. Apparently I hadn't died correctly. Oops. ↗

— Robin Hobb

#death