#olden

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. ↗

— Mark Twain

#golden-rule #twain #duty

You aren't going to go crazy," I said firmly. "You're stronger than you think. The next time you feel that way, find something to focus on, to remind you of who are." "Like what? Got some magic object in mind?" "Doesn't have to be magic," I said. I racked my brain. "Here." I unfastened the golden cross necklace. "This has always been good for me. Maybe it'll help you." I set it in his hand, but he caught hold of mine before I could pull back ↗

— Richelle Mead

#sydney-sage #the-golden-lily #focus

How is Angeline?” asked Dimitri. “Is she improving?” Eddie and I exchanged glances. So much for avoiding her indiscretions. “Improving how exactly?” I asked. “In combat, in following the dress code, or in keeping her hands to herself?” “Or in turning off caps-lock?” added Eddie. “You noticed that too?” I asked. “Hard not to,” he said. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#improvement

Sleep tight, ya morons! ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#holden #sleep

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

#between #branches #clauses #constitution #difference

The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. ↗

— George Humphrey

#egg #golden #goose #lays #make

That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#holden #love

Gold all is not that doth golden seem. ↗

— Edmund Spenser

#gold #golden #seem

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#against #because #been #golden #hours

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#born #golden #heavy #heavy weights #juggle