#gathering

I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular "ism," but a gathering together of writers with an aesthetic approach to literature and with a lust for excellence. ↗

— John Metcalf

#approach #become #committed #excellence #gathering

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#another #ceased #dreamed #ears #flock

I just... I understand you might want to start dating more seriously, and that means dating someone from town. But if you're going to do that..." This time he took a long drink of coffee, and the mug was still at his lips when he said, "I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to school like this. Where's my corset? My bonnet? ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #kelley-armstrong #the-gathering #dating

Sure. You get all slutty with Rafe. You freak out. You cry date rape drug.' - Hayley ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#maya #rafe #the-gathering #dating

As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#attorney #come #cyber #few #few things

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #cannot #clear #cloud #come

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills. ↗

— Iris Chang

#gathering #historical #i #many #research

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#amount #because #been #gathering #good

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear. ↗

— Lord Byron

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I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#communal #gathering #having #i #i do