#ridge

I look up at the sky, wondering if I'll catch a glimpse of kindness there, but I don't. All I see are indifferent summer clouds drifting over the Pacific. And they have nothing to say to me. Clouds are always taciturn. I probably shouldn't be looking up at them. What I should be looking at is inside of me. Like staring down into a deep well. Can I see kindness there? No, all I see is my own nature. My own individual, stubborn, uncooperative often self-centered nature that still doubts itself--that, when troubles occur, tries to find something funny, or something nearly funny, about the situation. I've carried this character around like an old suitcase, down a long, dusty path. I'm not carrying it because I like it. The contents are too heavy, and it looks crummy, fraying in spots. I've carried it with me because there was nothing else I was supposed to carry. Still, I guess I have grown attached to it. As you might expect. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#beer #cambridge #fugu #geese #shoelaces

There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#bridget #carmen #summer

Hell,” he said. “Just when it was getting interesting, too.” And he leaped into the water after his friend. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #will-herondale

I thought you wanted food," she gasped. "I do," he murmured, tugging on the bodice of her dress. "But I want you more. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#penelope-bridgerton #food

And then what?" "I'll burn that bridge when I cross it. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#paraphrased #ilona-andrews

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. ↗

— Dave Barry

#breed #dictionary #fashion #models #more

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to the Blue Ridge Mountains. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#blue #climate #island #live #mountains

Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin? ↗

— Betty Buckley

#bridge #build #claim #common #common ground

This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. ↗

— Cory Booker

#ancestors #bridges #building #dam #growth

Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#brooklyn #build #buy #people #scientists