#paraphrase

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #paraphrased #valor #harry-dresden

Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination. ↗

— Louise Brooks

#on-writing #paraphrased #inspirational

Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we may diet. ↗

— Cathy Hopkins

#diet

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

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#life

Familiarity breeds complacency. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life

As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch their parents. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#plot #parenting

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#paraphrased #light

Some are born great, others achieve greatness. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #achievement

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#gentlemen #paraphrased #universal-truths #envy