#hal

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite. ↗

— Kahlil Gibran

#passion #reason-and-judgment #soul #the-prophet #judgment

I've figured out why they call it a trial.  Because you try all you can to pull through it.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#difficulty #endurance #hardship #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Looking at the elementary schoolers in their colorful T-shirts from various day camps, Percy felt a twinge of sadness. He should be at Camp Half-Blood right now, settling into his cabin for the summer, teaching sword-fighting lessons in the arena, playing pranks on the other counselors. These kids had no idea just how crazy a summer camp could be. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#home #nostalgia #percy-jackson #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #the-heroes-of-olympus

Wow, Cross. I think you missed your calling. Screw demon hunting: you should clearly be writing Hallmark cards. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#hallmark-cards #sophie #demons

...I think that people who make judgements about other people they don't even know are shallow, and people who start rumors are shallow, and I really don't care what shallow people say about me. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#rumors #shallow #judgement

I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks. ↗

— R.J. Palacio

#judgement #masks #rj-palacio #wonder #judgement

I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy. My nightly bloodlust overflowed into my days and I had to leave the city. My mask of sanity was a victim of impending slippage. This was the bone season for me and I needed a vacation. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#bateman #bloodlust #bret #easton #ellis

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#twilight

My glass is not only half-empty, I'm convinced someone spit in it. ↗

— Judy Nichols

#hard-boiled-detective #pessimism #pessimism

What is she to me? Except a menace — a danger you’ve chosen to inflict on all of us. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#rosalie #twilight