#nic

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#cynical #negative #nietzsche #people #cynicism

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference. ↗

— William James

#hallucinogenic-drugs #mysticism #nitrous-oxide #paranormal #mysticism

And thus Charles found himself wandering around a hotel, trailing federal agents as he held a cardboard coffee cup holder in each hand, instead of out killing misbehaving werewolves. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#charles-cornick #coffee #fair-game #humor #plans

Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract. ↗

— Peter Steele

#fulfilled #label #longer #our #point

I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#beautiful #beautiful places #being #get #go

Um. Charles thinks that his wolf has chosen me as his mate." "In less than one full day?" It did sound dumb when he said it that way. "Yes." she couldn't keep the uncertainty of her her voice, though, and it bothered Charles. He rolled to his feet and growled softly. "Charles also said I was an Omega wolf she told his father. That might have something to do with it as well." Silence lengthened and she began to think tha the cell phone might have dropped the connection. Then the Marrok laughed softly. "Oh his brother is going to tease him unmercifully about this. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#anna #bran-cornick #the-marrok #urban-fantasy #uncertainty

Whenever more than one thread accesses a given state variable, and one of them might write to it, they all must coordinate their access to it using synchronization. ↗

— Brian Goetz

#java #programming #synchronicity

Five years, my family thinks it's time I moved on. I'd like to move on with a non-asshole ↗

— Alex Adams

#zoe #family

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#believing #cynic #gone #knowing #nothing