#hal

Katar," said Britta, "I thought you would want to stay with your friends from home while they were here, so I had your things moved from your room in the delegates' wing." "You can have my things brought in too," said Peder, throwing himself onto the nearest bed. He sighed as he sank into the soft mattress and rolled onto his side. "Um... I don't think boys are-" Britta began. "Don't you mind me!" Peder pulled a blanket over his head. Miri didn't know how he could even pretend to fall asleep. She could barely keep from pacing. "Don't worry, Britta," said Esa. "We'll kick him out before night. Off to your fancy apprenticeship, big brother." She nudged Peder's shape under the blanket. Peder made an exaggerated snoring noise. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#esa #hale #humor #katar #miri

Hera: Ohh, Thalia Grace, when I get out of here, you'll be sorry you were ever born. Thalia: Save it! You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages. You sent a bunch of intestinally challenged cows after my friend Annabeth Hera: She was disrespectful! Thalia: You dropped a statue on my legs. Hera: It was an accident! Thalia: AND you took my brother ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hera #jason-grace #thalia-grace #age

We've seen in the last half century an incredible shift. This is just an extraordinary time to be alive. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#century #extraordinary #half #half century #incredible

I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good. ↗

— Sela Ward

#good #half #half hour #hour #i

I shall begin my march for Camp tomorrow morning. It was not in my power to move until I could procure shoes for the troops almost barefoot. ↗

— Anthony Wayne

#barefoot #begin #camp #could #i

Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance. ↗

— Anthony Wayne

#am #confident #defeat #distance #give

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#except #half #lost #melancholy #nothing

I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#different #figuring #fit #how #i

People want to see big, escapist fare. They don't want to be challenged to think. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#challenged #escapist #fare #people #see

One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion. ↗