#les

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#injustice #injustice

His fingers painted my skin with ruby red patterns of desire. In Keahi’s kiss I could taste the red burn of chili encrusted in the rich sweetness of melted chocolate. I breathed in his scent and it spoke to me of vanilla. The ink of my malu tattoo began to burn, searing markings of fiery joy. ↗

— Lani Wendt Young

#fiction #mythology #samoa #telesa-series #young-adult-book

Art is not communicative, art is not reflexive. Art, science, philosophy are neither contemplative, neither reflexive, nor communicative. They are creative, that's all. ↗

— Gilles Deleuze

#l-abécédaire-de-gilles-deleuze #philosophy #science #art

Why do you look like cheese, Beka?" Nestor asked me quietly. "We've got help." I was too flummoxed to tell him I hadn't expected help to come so fast. Miracles aren't for the likes of me, didn't Nestor know that? Only the nobility gets them. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#speechless #stunned #nobility

Vamps who are dying, or think they are, give a piercing, eardrum-bursting shriek, like the love child of a screech owl and a mountain lion on crystal meth, amplified like a seventies rock band. ↗

— Faith Hunter

#faith

Our eyelashes brushed like they would weave together by themselves, turning us into one wild thing. I say, “I think I missed you before I met you even. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#couples

We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#relationships #couples

Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh? ↗

— Harper Lee

#kids #turtles #cute

If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#charles #encouragement

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going To have troubles with me! ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#fight-back #troubles #encouragement