#horn

The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. ↗

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

#does #dream #profession #reader #thorns

For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#central #designation #i #i believe #idaho

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #need #numerous #single #thorns

The Arab League tells us to go in and take out Qaddafi. We've spent billions of dollars already with respect to the Arab League. Billions of dollars, because they told us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it? They don't like Qaddafi, Qaddafi's been a terrible thorn in their side. ↗

— Donald Trump

#arab #because #been #billions #dollars

It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. It's all about SYMBOLISM, says Hairwoman. Every word chosen by Nathaniel, every comma, every paragraph break -- these were all done on purpose. To get a decent grade in her class, we have to figure out what he was really trying to say. Why couldn't he just say what he meant? Would they pin scarlet letters on his chest? B for blunt, S for straightforward? ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#scarlet-letter #symbolism #poor

Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#literature #literature-quotes #nick-hornby #novel #experience

He studies me thoughtfully. "You are a beautiful queen, Elisa," he says voice pitched low. I never expected he would say such a thing. "A month or two of pastries will fix that," I say. Then I smile to show him I mean it flippantly. His expression does not change. "Even then. ↗

— Rae Carson

#beauty

Why are roses kept for their blossoms rather than shunned for their thorns? ↗

— J. Aleksandr Wootton

#blossom #philosophy-of-beauty #price-of-beauty #roses #thorns

It's easy to win. Anybody can win. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#life-and-living #loser #winning #life

This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn't so bad in the first place. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#love #nick-hornby #self-hate #love