#mon

Money & success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. ↗

— Will Smith

#success #change

You'd be surprised what people will do for money that they wouldn't do for love. Myrnin. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#money #love

Runaways are romantic. The girls are waiflike with dyed ratty hair and baggy pants. They usually own a stray dog of the mutt variety and drag it along by a rope, plopping down in front of storefronts to beg for money from passersby. They're a mess. It is likely they'll charm you, make you think you're their best friend and savior only to end up using you and then they'll disappear. That's why they're romantic. They're there and then they're gone. Romance is always about people appearing in a flash out of nothing or people who are there and then suddenly are not. A magic trick. ↗

— Bett Williams

#runaways #money

Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you. ↗

— George Carlin

#church #donation #george-carlin #money #money

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#happiness #wealth #wisdom #money

The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you achieve by refusing to make money? You're trying to behave as though one could stand right outside our economic system. But one can't. One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing. One can't put things right in a hole-and-corner way, if you take my meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#economics-society #money #society #system #change

The real world is where the monsters are. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#reality #world #real

Far be it from me to ever let my common sense get in the way of my stupidity. I say we press on. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#sense #stupidity #stupidity

So, been attacked by any vampires yet?" "Not one." "Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?" It's been really quiet on the supernatural front" "Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#dogs #fall-of-night #giant-spider #supernatural #vampires

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