#jar

People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk. ↗

— Stephen King

#correct #desk #glass #heart #i

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#honest #i #jargon #lies #outright

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow. ↗

— William Safire

#columnists #drawn #eager #follow #grasp

I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#art #criticism #dislike #function #help

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#garbage #jargon #learn #mental #must

It is not secret here in Congress we have not had the discipline in many instances to keep our hands out of the cookie jar of Social Security. Now to stop this I propose that in the future that Congress cannot get its hands on the money in the first place. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#congress #cookie #discipline #first #future

I can't help feeling possessive over you Layla. You're the most valuable thing in my life and I won't share you with anyone, ever ↗

— Marie Coulson

#layla-jennings #life

While Leo fussed over his helm controls, Hazel and Frank relayed the story of the fish-centaurs and their training camp. 'Incredible,' Jason said. 'These are really good brownies.' 'That's your only comment?' Piper demanded. He looked surprised. 'What? I heard the story. Fish-centaurs. Merpeople. Letter of intro to the Tiber River god. Got it. But these brownies--' 'I know,' Frank said, his mouth full. 'Try them with Ester's peach preserves.' 'That,' Hazel said, 'is incredibly disgusting.' 'Pass me the jar, man,' Jason said. Hazel and Piper exchanged a look of total exasperation. Boys. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#brownies #eating #esther #food #incredibly-disgusting

I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at night when I wake up in shuddering horror and fear of the cement tunnels leading down to the shock room, to comfort me with an assurance that no psychiatrist can quite manage to convey. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#fear #hope #love #sylvia-plath #the-bell-jar

Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas- ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #sadie #humor