#kin

It isn't an easy thing to give your loyalty to someone you don't know, especially when that person chooses to reveal nothing of himself. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#loyalty #teleus #the-king-of-attolia #trust #loyalty

I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#chaos #cooperation #organization #persuasion #pets

They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#drinking #drunk #liquor #russia #russian

If I show up at your house ten years from now and find nothing in your living room but The Readers Digest, nothing on your bedroom night table but the newest Dan Brown novel, and nothing in your bathroom but Jokes for the John, I’ll chase you down to the end of your driveway and back, screaming ‘Where are your books? You graduated college ten years ago, so how come there are no damn books in your house? Why are you living on the intellectual equivalent of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese? ↗

— Stephen King

#commencement #intellect #steven-king #college

My father might be right. If I lost Noah, I might just lose my mind. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#michelle-hodkin #noah-shaw #the-evolution-of-mara-dyer #evolution

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#decisions #evolution #evolution

I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciate as much as I thought she should that she got be her. She got to live at Hogwarts and be friends with Harry and kiss Ron, which was supposed to happen to me. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#appreciation

I hated talking, and I hated listening to everyone else stumble on their words and try to phrase things in the vaguest possible way so they wouldn’t sound dumb. ↗

— John Green

#talking #conversation

Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#kindness #offensive #politeness #tact #fun

Take care of my heart, I've left it with you. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#edward-cullen #isle-esme #roman