#paraphrase

Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error. ↗

— Linus Pauling

#paraphrased #science #inspirational

If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise? ↗

— Brad Warner

#paraphrased #death

You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#paranormal #paraphrased #young-teen #teen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long after the other party is happily slumbering away. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#humor #mystery #paraphrased #humor

Michael was still an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, coated in yum. Only now the enigma was a little less mysterious; I was a few clues closer to solving the riddle - but damn, that man would always be coated in yum. ↗

— Lisa Shearin

#male-beauty #paraphrased #sex-appeal #beauty

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fairy in possesion of a good appetite must be in want of pie. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#paraphrased #dreams

All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#education #free-speech #paraphrased #death

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#humor #paraphrased #parody #dating

Today is the last day of some of your life. Don't waste it." quote from Tara Daniels ↗

— Jill Shalvis

#life

The unexamined life is not worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining. ↗

— Tracy Thompson

#life