#fall

The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled around him, but he could feel how fast he was falling, and he knew what was waiting for him down there. Even in dreams, you could not fall forever. He would wake up in the instant before he hit the ground, he knew. You always woke in the instant before you hit the ground. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#fall #falling #ground #dreams

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#asleep #be thankful #eyes #fallen #forgets

The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#distance #fall #go #i #long

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#atomic #atomic bomb #before #being #blows

If you're beautiful within, a person can fall in love with your spirit. ↗

— Angie Stone

#fall #love #person #spirit #within

He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #simon-lewis #angels

The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow. ↗

— John Strachan

#disturb #fall #fills #him #his

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

Here's a hot tip: Most girls don't like being stalked. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #angels

I think everything should happen at halfway to dawn. That's when all the heads of government should meet. I think everybody would fall in love. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#everybody #everything #fall #government #halfway