#red

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known. ↗

— Richard Ford

#facts #known #life #married #married life

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#creed #day #every #hard #lies

The day I die, I’ll be too busy thinking to notice” he waved his hand as he left the ship. - Nelson Moon, shipwright and designer of the Altered Moon. Current location: Cantankerous Base, Planet Tarris, Arzian Alliance ↗

— A.Z. Kelvin

#az-kelvin #nelson-moon #rise-of-the-altered-moon #sci-fi #science-fiction

The main stem was then in most cases twisted in a zigzag form, which process checked the flow of the sap, and at the same time encouraged the production of side branches at those parts of the stem where they were most desired. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#cases #checked #desired #encouraged #flow

I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn't go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#call #childish #college #courses #eventually

You may be a redneck if... you have spent more on your pickup truck than on your education. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#may #more #pickup #redneck #spent

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps. ↗

— Jonathan Frakes

#coverage #day #doing #how #i

I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child. ↗

— Dick Francis

#been #child #come #extent #i

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. ↗

— Barney Frank

#good #keeping #lawyers #out #prison

I'm scared of the unknown future. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#i #scared #unknown