#jack

Sometimes a word, a sound, triggers an image or recollection of something forgotten. A search for the truth sounds romantic, a thoughtful quest. As often as not, it is as mind numbing as reading a list of names or looking through scores of obtuse documents in the hope of finding a clear pattern, divined by not much more than intuition and observation. A shrugged-off remark can lead to more truth than studied responses to severe cross-examination. ↗

— Jackson Burnett

#jackson-burnett #lawyers #the-past-never-ends #the-search-for-truth #romantic

Good fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." Ditto. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #brain

Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called in sick. I could've avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#nico-di-angelo #percy-jackson #test #thalia-grace #titan

He slung off his backpack. He'd managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa Bargain Mart: a portable GPS, duct tape, lighter, superglue, water bottle, camping roll, a Comfy Panda Pillow Pet (as seen on TV), and a Swiss army knife—pretty much every tool a modern demigod could want. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #supplies #television

Love means never to have to say, "That hooker meant nothing to me" - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy ↗

— E.J. Eisman

#jackmcvoy #sex #love

There's not much I wouldn't do for you, Ella, " he said quietly. "Haven't you figured that out yet? ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #love

JACKIE. I swear to God: Being in love with Veronica - it's like feeding your love to Godzilla every morning, and every morning you go "Yo, 'Zilla, these shits are very delicate so please chew softly", - and every morning - the motherfucker just goes crunch! ↗

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

#jackie #love #relationship #the-motherfucker-with-the-hat #love

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows. ↗

— Jack Kornfield

#life #love #wisdom #love

You told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could make me believe that it's for me, too. Although when you get down to it, love is what's real. I still say marriage is just a piece of paper." Jack smiled. "Let's find out," he said, and he pulled me down to the bed with him. Jack & Ella ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#jack #travis #love

…I bet Echo that she couldn't repeat the following line ten times fast:   Cupid's Academy counts kissing cousins as completed conquests cause his classes cunningly conspire unconscious couples to copulate and canoodle copiously. ↗

— Tai Odunsi

#greek-mythology #marriage #mythology #percy-jackson #wedding