#lain

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. ↗

— Jane Austen

#histrionics #hysterics #irony #mrs-bennett #suffering

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#champagne #costs #explain #fact #gear

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law. ↗

— Lysander Spooner

#authorize #government #judge #jury #justice

Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#gratitude #perspective #positive-thinking #rose

Molecular evidense suggests that our common ancestor with the chimpanzees lived, in Africa, between 5 and 7 million years ago, say half a million generations ago. This is not long by evolutionary standards. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#africa

His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and to detract. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#criticism #gossip #speech #gossip

She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#followed #harassment #metaphor #metaphor

Losing your family... it puts fear in a different perspective, Chase had once told me. ↗

— Kristen Simmons

#laine-s-fave #family

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#complains #fool #indigestion #moral #pleasure

You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on."-Allison ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#life #life