#insider

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#back #bowling #bowling alley #brings #club

I held onto Caeden’s neck with one hand and used the other to keep my dress from flashing my fanny at any unsuspecting woodland creatures. The sight might shock them to death. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#death

Travis,” Caeden’s teeth groaned together. “If you know what’s good for you, you’ll run.” “Oh, are we playing cat and mouse?” Travis grinned, showing elongated teeth. Hair began to sprout and he started to shimmer. “I love games. I choose cat,” his words were muffled around his teeth. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#love

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider. ↗

— Robert Frost

#outsider #rank #well #you

I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate. ↗

— Rick Perry

#bailout #change #democratic #going #got

What are you watching?” “Infomercials,” I said. Bryce laughed and wiped his hands on his pajama pants before grabbing the house phone off the side table. “These are the best. I love calling and asking them questions.” “Like what?” “You’ll see,” he grinned mischievously, waggling his eyebrows, and punched in the number. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#love

Gram?” I asked. “You okay?” “Damn men,” she said. “I fell in the toilet.” I busted out laughing. Tears of laughter coursed down my face. “Oh God,” I said, still laughing. Caeden was blushing. Even his ears were red. “I did tell you I can never remember to put the toilet seat down. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#men

He barked a laugh before nudging my leg with his wet nose. “Ew, Caeden! You got wolf snot all over my leg!” I left him behind the bush as I stared at the wet mess on my leg. His barking laughter quickly turned to human laughter. “Wolf snot?” he grinned. “Yes, and it’s all over my leg. It’s gross,” I complained. “Just because we can change into wolves doesn’t mean we need to act like them all the time. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#change

I wanted to smack Logan over the head for his pessimistic attitude. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#attitude

Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#insight #often #outsiders #quite