#hi

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. ↗

— Wm. Paul Young

#trust #love

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot! ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#women

The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding--which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together--blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author . . . ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#censorship #work

Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way. Grace:"Sensitive" I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy" Grace:"Creative" Sam:"Dangerously emo" Grace:"Thoughtful" Sam:"Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?" Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#shiver #wolves #work

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#people #work

Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. ↗

— Anna Wintour

#fashion #look #people #quote #quotes

Sometimes comfort doesn't matter. When a shoe is freakin' fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you're better than everyone else. ↗

— Clinton Kelly

#shoes #style #style

But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting around us, as Grover had promised. They were rolling straight over our valley, sealing us in like a coffin lid. Er, Percy ...?" Grover said. "We don't use the c-word to describe the Lord of the Sky. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#grover-underwood #percy-jackson #zeus #crazy

I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That’s why I’m trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#sleep #spinning #think

So what was that all about?" "I think," Jace said, "that she asked if she could touch my mango." "She said that?" Jace shrugged. "Yeah, then she gave me her number. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #simon-lewis #think