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I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years. ↗

— Steve Blake

#every #except #first #frustrating #gotten

What is history but a fable agreed upon? ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#agreed #fable #upon

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules. ↗

— Kit Bond

#adopt #banking #begun #clinton #clinton administration

We rode the basement trains all night, speeding through the subterrains. I held her chin in the cup of my hand and her eyes held tight to mine, imploring me to reveal to her the mystery of that which awaits us on the pavement above, come the day we ascend from this labyrinth of trains... 'We will ride these beautiful basement trains forever,' said I, 'nothing awaits us; and as your beauty folds, so do my dreams. Come, my love, let us wander these tunnels of the endless city. This holy, endless city! ↗

— Roman Payne

#payne #roman-payne #the-basement-trains #beauty

...I think we should find some kind of shelter; a cave or something." "I don't want to do that! What if there's like, a creature living in the cave?" Tiara said. "Seriously, I saw this show once where these people were stranded on an island and there were these other people who were sort of crazy-slash-bad and there was this polar bear creature running around." "What happened?" Miss Ohio asked. "I don't know. My parents got divorced in the middle of season two and we lost our TiVo. ↗

— Libba Bray

#lost #beauty

Good.” She seemed relieved, “They’re here.” She stood up and walked to the front of the parking lot just as four beautiful, tricked-out Choppers, all manned by women, pulled in and halted next to the girl. “Check it out.” Angelina elbowed her friends, “Lesbians. In Texas . ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

#beauty

Do little things every day that no one else seems to want to do, be patient, and success will find you. ↗

— Brandi L. Bates

#elizabeth-gilbert #enlightenment #life #success #wisdom

Society is a machine of machines, a system that runs on precondition, customs, rules and laws that are either expressed openly or maintained in the closet, one, like the one in the United States that is constantly changing to accommodate some variations of the machinated selves and its affections as in race, gender, sexual orientations etc which are also mostly preconditions of the machine. Again, I ask. Who are you? ↗

— Dew Platt

#inspirational #change

Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways." Her eyes became distant. "There are far, far worse things to be than a monster. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #monsters #ghost

Your truths are worse than your lies. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#horror