#hum

One of the differences between us was that Marc wanted very badly to climb the Eiger, while I wanted very badly only to have climbed the Eiger. Marc, understand, is at that age when the pituitary secretes an overabundance of those hormones that mask the subtler emotions, such as fear. He tends to confuse things like life-or-death climbing with fun. ↗

— Jon Krakauer

#mountaineering #age

Next to her, I felt like Carrot Top in drag. Cat re: Annette ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#cat #humor #humor

Love is like a brick, and love is like a blanket. What I mean by that is what I don't mean, and I don't mean anything. 
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#brick-and-blanket-uses #funny #humor #love #age

A clever, imagination, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds. ↗

— Percy Ross

#closed #doors #humorous #imagination #minds

You're staring," Lana said. "Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear have a tendency to cause staring in teenage boys. ↗

— Michael Grant

#humor #lana #michael-grant #plague #sanjit

She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#survival #humor

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#beauty #humor #life #people #beauty

I am familiar with the modern world – of thirty years ago. Since then, I have stayed modern and the world has accelerated into the dark ages. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #medievalism #modernity #old-fashioned

...besides, i'm a cat. i respect the sanctity of sleep. ↗

— serpent's shadow Rick Riordan

#cat #humor #respect

Let me tell you: the only way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own. ↗

— Evgeny Shvarts

#dragon #fantasy #humor #life-lessons #play