#plague

It's Sanjit. It's a Hindu name. It means 'invincible.'" "That's great," Lana said. "Invincible. I can't be vinced." "That's not even a word," Lana said. "Go ahead: try to vince me," Sanjit said. ↗

— Michael Grant

#humor #michael-grant #plague #words #humor

Oh, Kendra, before I forget, Gavin asked me to give you this letter." He held out a gray, speckled envelope. "Happy birthday to you!" Seth exclaimed, his voice full of implications. Kendra tried not to blush as she tucked the envelope away. "Dear Kendra," Seth improvised, "you're the only girl who really gets me, you know, and I think you're very mature for your age--" "What about some cake?" Grandma interrupted, holding the first piece out to Kendra and glaring at Seth. ↗

— Brandon Mull

#crushes #fablehaven #grip #humor #mull

Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering. ↗

— Albert Camus

#the-plague #doctor-who

She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lying her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place. It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying; for death looked lovely in her face. ↗

— Francesco Petrarca

#petrarch #plague #death

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#did #face #fat #friend #gain

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. ↗

— Voltaire

#earth #earthquakes #little #more #opinion

I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#ago #because #become #caught #doubt

In different degrees, in every part of the town, men and women had been yearning for a reunion, not of the same kind for all, but for all alike ruled out. Most of them had longed intensely for an absent one, for the warmth of a body, for love, or merely a life that habit had endeared. Some, often without knowing it, suffered from being deprived of the company of friends and from their inability to get in touch with them through the usual channels of friendship—letters, trains, and boats. Others, fewer these... had desired a reunion with something they couldn’t have defined, but which seemed to them the only desirable thing on earth. For want of a better name, they sometimes called it peace. ↗

— Albert Camus

#friendship

Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague. ↗

— Max Cannon

#culture #current #current events #deal #events

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby. ↗

— Gail Porter

#about #any #baby #bonding #bring