#ric

Evocative. . . . Aldrich astutely portrays a colorful cast of aunts, uncles, cousins and hangers-on—clinging to the family legacy long after the money is gone. One can’t help but cheer as she breaks away from the others to make a name for herself. ↗

— ELLIOTT HOLT AUTHOR OF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM

#astor-orphan #family

It would be better not to know so many things than to know so many things that are not so. ↗

— Felix Okoye

#author #felix-okoye #life-experience #nigeria #society

A brick and a blanket aptly describe my former roommate. He was as dumb as a brick, and only highly functional on a bed. Or so I heard—not that I’d know from personal experience.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

This is more than an experience in the shadows of sleep. ↗

— Richard Bunning

#richard-bunning #science-fiction #speculative-science #experience

In my experience there are only a handful of reasons for murder....Jealousy, vengeance, greed, fear and pleasure....Some killers enjoy the kill....For them it is a great game, and for the most part they are the ones I hunt. ↗

— Amanda Quick

#paranormal-romance #romantic-suspense #experience

The birthing wolf, Her heart fed with tenderness, Gave forth from ripe brown nipples, Food to feed the universe. ↗

— Roman Payne

#hope-and-despair #payne #poem #roman #roman-payne

I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz. ↗

— Janette Rallison

#cheese-whiz #food #humor #leprechaun #food

Too much of anything can make you sick, even the good can be a curse - Cheryl Cole ↗

— Cheryl Cole

#fight-for-love #love #lyrics #truth #truth-of-life

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#choices #conclusion #consequences #decisions #effect

Why are roses kept for their blossoms rather than shunned for their thorns? ↗

— J. Aleksandr Wootton

#blossom #philosophy-of-beauty #price-of-beauty #roses #thorns