#rave

All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport -- in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy." [Quoted in Socialism and Foreign Policy and War and the Liberal Conscience] ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#fighting #foreign-policy #literature #narrow-mindedness #prejudice

It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one. ↗

— Cara Bertoia

#casino #gambling #romance #travel #romance-novels

There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#grave-peril #harry-dresden #harry-dresden

I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery." "You're the table everyone wants at Starbucks," Gansey mused as he began to walk again. Blue blinked. "What?" Over his shoulder, Gansey said, "Next to the wall plug. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#gansey #lol #raven-boys #starbucks #energy

Are you really going to work in that?" Maura asked. Blue looked at her clothing. It involved a few thin layering shirts, including one she had altered using a method called shredding. "What's wrong with it?" Maura shrugged. "Nothing. I always wanted an eccentric daughter. I just never realised how well my evil plans were working. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#lol #maura #raven-boys #lol

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#blue #lol #raven-boys #ronan #lol

The buck stops here," Ronan said, pulling up the hand brake. "Home shit home. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#raven-boys #ronan #lol

It's like scrying into that weird space. There's so much coming out of him, it shouldn't be possible. Do you remember that woman who came in who was pregnant with quadruplets? It was like that, but worse." "He's pregnant?" Blue asked. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#calla #lol #raven-boys #lol

I am not a fan of the magical quick fix in any fiction, including fantasy, scifi and comic books. Unless Dr. Who is involved, and then only because we get to use the phrase 'Timey-wimey wibbliness' which, I'm sure you'll agree, there are not enough occasions to drop into ordinary adult conversation. ↗

— Chris Dee

#deus-ex-machina #dr-who #fantasy-genre #magic #science-fiction

You cannot travel within and stand still without. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#stand #still #travel #within #without