#ones

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#bones #dead #habit #living #old

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. ↗

— Neil Innes

#many #ones #only #really #songwriters

Can I help you with something?" Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. "Those girls on the other side of the car are staring at you." Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. "Of course they are," he said, "I am stunningly attractive. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary #jace #city

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#fair #fake #got #honesty #life

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#honesty #life #change

Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-bones #jace #mortal-instruments #food

The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #jace-wayland #quotes #humor

Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie. (Jace Wayland) ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #jace-wayland #humor

I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #humor

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#emotion #friendship #honesty #imagination #individuality