#mo

But once I'd come up with it, I realized it really was the perfect plan. Instead of waiting for Maria to come to me, I was simply going to go to her and, well... Send her back to where she came. Or reduce her to a mound of quivering gelatinous goo. Whichever came first. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#humor

Will you please stop peeking at me like that? This is degrading enough as it is." "Did it ever occur to you," I said, with a sly smile and a wink, "that you're irresistibly handsome, I can't keep my eyes off of you?" He threw his head back in a laugh. "Of course. I should have realized. ↗

— Lani Woodland

#humor

The to Cathal was battered and only one wagon wide, with swells of hard earth where mud had frozen during cold ad rainy seasons. Enna tripped often, and cursed each time she tripped, until Dasha said, "Enna, you might watch your language." Enna grimaced. "I was. You should hear my thoughts. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#humor #humor

It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor's tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#humanity #humor #nature #humor

It's your money or you'll be wearing cement shoes - Peppermint Patty ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#money

As I've already mentioned, 1984 and I were getting on famously. A no-frills setup, run without sentiment, snobbery or cultural favouritism, Airstrip One seemed like my kind of town. (I saw myself as an idealistic young corporal in the Thought Police.) ↗

— Martin Amis

#money

Money talks, bullshit walks. ↗

— Stephen King

#money #stephen-king #money

Desiring money kills desire. Money kills desire. ↗

— André Chamson

#money #money

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand. ↗

— R.J. Palacio

#truth #humor

Speaking of Vaughan, his claim in the Daily Telegraph last week that the story of a senior county pro being offered money to fix domestic matches was 'the tip of the iceberg' did not go down well with one former England captain contacted by the Top Spin. 'I played the game for almost 20 years,' he seethed, 'and I don't know a single player who has been offered money, either for information or to fix a game. To say it's the tip of the iceberg is absolute rubbish.' The fact that the player in question had just registered a mediocre Stableford score of 20 playing off a handicap of 14 had nothing to do, I was assured, with his foul mood. ↗

— Lawrence Booth

#match-fixing #michael-vaughan #money