#k

Laistry....I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?" "Canadians. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #english

In this world . . . It's Heaven when: The French are chefs The British are police The Germans are engineers The Swiss are bankers And the Italians are lovers It's Hell when: The English are chefs The Germans are police The French are engineers The Swiss are lovers And the Italians are bankers. ↗

— Hidekaz Himaruya

#chefs #engineers #heaven #hell #hetalia

Why do I always have to be the one who says 'stop'?" I demanded, my voice little more than a moan. "You don't. In fact, at this point I'm considering a petition to that word stricken from the English language." His grin was almost lazy, the gleam in his eyes an effortless challenge. "If I did, would you sign? ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#souls-screamers #tod #english

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#goes #head #heart #him #his

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#books

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#books

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#infinite-jest #books

What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#bookstore #towns #books

A house without books is like a room without windows. ↗

— Horace Mann

#house #simile #windows #books

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short. ↗

— Jane Austen

#catherine #or-the-bower #books