#mon

Traded him for Alec," Clary said. "Not permanently" "No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back. In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." "Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." "That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#isabelle-lightwood #jace-wayland #mortal-instruments #simon-lewis #child

You were never born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Don't think that way. You were born with a diamond spoon in your palm. Carry it by your own hand. Now, feed yourself ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#best #carry #diamond #diamond-spoon #efforts

he would now have comprehended that work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that play consists of whaterver a body is not obliged to do. And this would help him to understand why construcing artificial flowers or performing on a tread-mill, is work, whilst rolling nine-pins or climbing Mont Blanc is only amusement. There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them consideralbe money; but if they were offered wages for the service that would turn it into work, then they would resign. ↗

— Mark Twain

#money

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities ↗

— Henry B. Eyring

#inspirational #lds #mormon #change

I’ll trade you one dollar for five dollars. What, is my money no good here?
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— Jarod Kintz

#insult #insulted #insulting #money #money

If we ask, we should also be prepared to give. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#law-of-attraction #manifestation #manifesting #mind-power #money

Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#change

If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said. ↗

— Richard Stark

#noir #parker #money

As the earth dies your spirit will bloom; as the world fades your soul will rise and glisten. Amongst the dehydrated crevices of a desert earth you will stumble upon your diamonds; in between the dry skulls and cracked bones you will find your sapphires. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#change #diamonds #dying-earth #end #fading-world

I care about you," Simon said. "I always cared about you. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels