#lt

But wishes are only granted in fairy tales. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#bhie #fairy-tales #fiction #on-fiction #perfect-chemistry

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#life

I was a bit of a Victorian Lady, fainting-wise. ↗

— John Green

#the-fault-in-our-stars #wise

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#bad people #cruelty #good #good people #oppression

It's not my fault I can't be like you, okay? I don't get up in the morning thinking the world is one big, shiny, happy place, okay? That's just not how I work. I don't think I can be fixed. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#young-adult-fiction #young

Are you in great physical pain, or is that your thinking expression? ↗

— G.A. Aiken

#put-downs #thinking #insult

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#retort #turnabout #insult

I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here. ↗

— Stephen Bishop

#insult

Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me." His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day." Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#insult

Oh.” Timmie gave Bones a shy peek. “Are you Cathy’s brother?” “Whatever would give you the idea that I’m her damn brother?” Bones snapped. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#pissed #insult