#of

The proof is in the pudding when they come home. Will we have the data about their health, will we know where they were stationed, what their unit deployments were? I will need that information. ↗

— Anthony Principi

#come #data #deployments #health #home

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. ↗

— William Cobbett

#men #much #oftener #perseverance #talent

They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a little worried about the reindeer. "You think it's okay that we're eating Rudolph?" "Dude," Percy said, "I could eat Prancer and Blitzen, too. I'm hungry. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#son-of-neptune #eating

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown ↗

— H.P. Lovecraft

#emotion

When we pull away, he rests his hand on my thigh pressed next to his and we ride like that for a long time; the only time he moves his hand is to take better control of a sharp curve or to adjust the music, but he always puts it right back. And I always want him to. ↗

— J.A. Redmerski

#edge-of-never #love #road-trip #love

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#america #countries #diversity #how #humor

And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#highland #leaves-of-grass #nature #poetry #song

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#feel #guilty #home #i #kids

Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#civilization

Someone walking toward you is such a simple, happy-to-be-alive thing. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#the-nature-of-jade #nature