#gold

I am too rich already, for my eyes mint gold. - Coloured Money ↗

— Mervyn Peake

#beauty-in-nature #eyes #gold #riches #wealth

All that glisters is not gold- Often have you heard that told. Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgment old, Your answer had not been enscrolled. Fare you well, your suit is cold. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#gold #beauty

Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and—most unforgivably—increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault. ↗

— Norman G. Finkelstein

#dissent #gaza-war #goldstone-commission #human-rights #israel

Frank couldn't breathe underwater. But where was he? Percy turned in a full circle. Nothing. Then he glanced up. Hovering above him was a giant goldfish. Frank had turned -clothes, backpack, and all- into a koi the size of a teen-aged boy. "dude." Percy sent his thoughts through the water, the way he spoke to other sea creatures. "A goldfish?" Frank's voice came back to him: "I freaked. We were talking about goldfish, so it was on my mind. Sue me. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#goldfish #humour #koi #percy-jackson #age

The aspiration to save the world is a morbid phenomenon of today's youth. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#doppelherz #golden-age-of-grotesque #marilyn-manson #youth #age

Adrian, I'm on a date. Why are you here? On my car? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#bloodlines #funny #richelle-mead #the-golden-lily #dating

I think it’s more like a shirt that says, ‘I’m going to have to end this date early so I can go prepare my Power Point presentation ↗

— Richelle Mead

#dating

George Harrison: Paul transformed me in my bedroom, and it was awkward, to say the least. It was like being on a blind date, complete with stilted conversation and elliptical innuendo. He said, "So." Then I said, "So." Then he said, "So." Then I said, "So." That went on for, I dunno, five minutes or something. ↗

— Alan Goldsher

#humor #dating

To date, treasure-hunters have followed up clue after clue, including a dagger-marked tree, to no avail. If there is a fortune buried in Handcart Gulch, it is still safely hidden ↗

— Phyllis Flanders Dorset

#gold #treasure-hunt #dating

I’d seen him fight before, but it never got old. He was captivating. He never stopped moving. Every action was graceful and lethal. He was a dancer of death. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#the-golden-lily #death