#hood

Gavin turned us to face Josh, a satisfied grin springing up when he noticed the condition of Josh’s clothes. “Thanks for the last-minute invitation, man.” Josh chuckled, patting Gavin on the shoulder. “Shall I do the honors, Mr. Suave?” “Sure thing, Frodo Baggins. By the way, I hear the Shire has impeccable dinner parties this time of year.” The corners of Gavin’s lips twitched and his eyebrows shot up as he gestured to a food stain of some sort near the collar of Josh’s white shirt. Josh’s chin shot down to follow Gavin’s amusement and he quickly tried to wipe away the crumbs. “Yeah, well … you know how we hobbits like to eat. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#hoodoo #paranormal-romance #romance #the-gates #vampires

My half-suppressed Canadian years, my whole childhood and youth, rose like a corpse from the bottom of the sea to confront me. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#canadian #childhood #confront #corpse #like

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies. ↗

— David Leavitt

#perfume #smells

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#childhood #four #infancy #man #obsolescence

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#church #compose #did #faith #felt

I think the motive is to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and alter the Constitution through statute. ↗

— Zoe Lofgren

#conception #constitution #establish #federal #federal law

Most everything I do revolves around tae kwon do. That said, I like to be a typical girl and go shopping. I have three nieces and nephews that I like to hang out with. I'm also finishing my last semester at the University of Houston, where I'm majoring in childhood education. ↗

— Diana Lopez

#around #childhood #education #everything #finishing

One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#anger

I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin. ↗

— Alexander Mackenzie

#brotherhood #held #his #i #life

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#falsehoods #more #most #stimulating #than