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Suddenly reminded, she clapped a hand over her mouth. "Oh—Simon!" "No, I'm Jace," said Jace patiently. "Simon is the weaselly little one with the bad haircut and dismal fashion sense." "Oh, shut up," she replied, but it was more automatic than heartfelt. "I meant to call before I went to sleep. See if he got home okay." Shaking his head, Jace regarded the heavens as if they were about to open up and reveal the secrets of the universe. "With everything that's going on, you're worried about Weasel Face?" "Don't call him that. He doesn't look like a weasel." "You may be right," said Jace. "I've met an attractive weasel or two in my time. He looks more like a rat. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #jace-wayland #rivalry #simon-lewis #worry

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? ↗

— Brigham Young

#self-esteem #worry

People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#economics #hard-work #poverty #poverty

You can't eat straight A's. ↗

— Maxine Hong Kingston

#poverty #school #poverty

I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field. ↗

— John Cameron

#encourage #everyone #field #i #particular

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#greatest #greatest pleasures #narrowly #only #pleasures

If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, then it's good enough for Texas. ↗

— Ma Ferguson

#english #enough #good #jesus #jesus christ

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#insightful #insight

Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine. ↗

— Woody Allen

#philosophy #insight

In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#civilization #consequences #environment #foresight #insight