#orc

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#case #childhood #classic #divorce #good

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. ↗

— William Cobbett

#bludgeon #brute #brute force #force #gives

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels. ↗

— Howard Coble

#decrease #forces #further #ground #hear

China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement. ↗

— David Bonior

#any #china #compliance #decade #enforcement

At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate. ↗

— Mary Bono

#check #core #first #force #get

How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law. ↗

— Edward Coke

#continued #force #hath #how #law

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance. ↗

— Robert Collier

#assistance #battle #begin #come #essential

Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism. ↗

— Jessi Colter

#evangelism #force #great #her #mother

From: The Crown of Telus She opened her eyes, saw the crown sitting on her bedside table, and wished that it was all a dream. The crown of Trist was nothing special. It had no gemstones, no gold or silver filigree; instead it was simple, a metal circlet with four points and some inlay around a scratched and dented band. “It’s a working man’s crown,” she remembered her father holding the symbol of power out to her when she younger. “See the inlay? Three moons, one for each of our gods, over an oak which represents the mighty forests of the north, a shock of wheat for the Plainsmen to the south, a ship for the Gheltes to the west, and a hashap flower for the spice in the east. Nothing more. We don’t need anymore.” Tears welled in her eyes. A working man’s crown. Nothing fancy or bejeweled, a symbol of the power that guides the land and cares for its people. This was going to be the first day she wore it as queen. ↗

— William Laws

#fantasy-scifi #magic #swords-and-sorcery #dreams

They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense. ↗

— George Combe

#brute #brute force #chooses #england #few