#inking

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#math #mathematical #problem-solving #thinking #math

Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation. ↗

— Frédéric Bastiat

#free-trade #libertarian #logical-thinking #economy

Oh, yeah.” Carissa nodded. “They were googley-eyed in class on Friday. It was pretty steamy, the whole ‘I’m screwing you with my eyes’ thing they had going on.” I choked on my drink. “That was not what we were doing. We were talking! ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#daemon #katy #drinking

Rita looked as though she would have liked nothing better than to seize the paper umbrella sticking out of Hermione's drink and thrust it up her nose. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hermione-granger #rita-skeeter #drinking

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#demonglass #rachel-hawkins #sophie #tea #drinking

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#drinking

One more drink and I'll be under the host. ↗

— Mae West

#drinking #drunkenness #drinking

I drink blood, you eat tacos, get the f*ck over it!" -Michel Glass ↗

— Rachel Caine

#drinking

I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of the bottle. ↗

— David Levithan

#drinking

Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for a way to shatter the glass doors of a museum. When you think about something, it adds a bit of weight to your walk, and as you think about more and more things you are liable to feel heavier and heavier, until you are so burdened you cannot take any further steps, and can only sit and stare at the gentle movements of the ocean waves or security guards, thinking too hard bout too many things to do anything else. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#security