#jo

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ↗

— Mark Twain

#companionship #joy #values

I didn't bring you here," he said. "You think you're Miss Special Destiny of the year?" "No," I shot back, furious. "And I don't damn well want to be - whatever the hell you are. But sometimes there isn't a choice. Right?" "Careful. You might accidentally make some sense. Ruin your reputation." "You are infuriating!" "Yep," he agreed. "It's been said. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#firestorm #joanne #jonathan #dreams

And your life,' Katie said to Christy, 'is turning into a rather predictable romance. Girl meets boy. Boy is a dork for four years. Girl blossoms into a gorgeous woman. Boy finds his brain. Girl turns into starry-eyed mush head. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#humor #katie-weldon #movie #robin-jones-gunn #romance

You are in a prison with no bars. I worry about you. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#john #phurry #prison

Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#kel #kill

If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve. ↗

— David Sedaris

#journals #justice #justice

And it’s Johnson, Johnson with the Quaffle, what a player that girl is, I’ve been saying it for years but she still won’t go out with me —” “JORDAN!” yelled Professor McGonagall. “Just a fun fact, Professor, adds a bit of interest — ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#j-k-rowling #jordan #order-of-the-phoenix #professor-mcgonagall #quidditch

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gamgee #hobbit #samwise #tolkien #job

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done. ↗

— George Carlin

#invention #job

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#on-fiction #storytelling #truth #truth-telling #job