#mae

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion. ↗

— Ishmael Beah

#gone #grandmother #inspiration #ishmael #long

One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#bartimaeus-trilogy #jonathan-stroud #life

Some say an army of horsemen some an army on foot others say ships laden for war are the fairest things on earth. But I say the fairest sight on this dark earth is the face of the one you love. Nor is it hard to understand: love has humbled the hearts of the proudest queens. And I would rather see you now stepping over my threshold than any soldier greaved in gold or any iron-beaked ship. ↗

— Alison Croggon

#love #maerad #poem #song #love

Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#maester-aemon #old #dreams

Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you. ↗

— Daniel Black

#beauty #perfect-peace #pretty #self-worth #beauty

You can not go back. That's why it's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice. As long, as you don't choose, everything remains possible. ↗

— Jaco Van Dormael

#jaco-van-dormael #movie #mr-nobody #possible #sad

Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#jonathan-stroud #stroud #style

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#illusion

Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#amulet-of-samarkand #bartimaeus-trilogy #jonathan-stroud #ambition

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful". ↗

— Warren Buffett

#assets #companies #good #good thing #invest