#rising

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

#comforts #culture #entertainment #forms #given

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#coming #down #fuel #going #good

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#areas #considerable #extent #falling #fashion

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising. ↗

— Al Gore

#coming #credit #down #george #george bush

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity. ↗

— Robert Baldwin

#horror #i #mediocrity #rising

We have Kenjii. We have my cell phone. Since we aren't officially dating, I'm sure you'll agree that's all the protection we need. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#the-gathering #dating

... the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist. ↗

— Malcolm X

#uprising #young-people #freedom

No, he said, we are not alone. I have you, and you have me. And there is Arya and Nasuada and Orik, and many others besides who will help us along our way. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#brisingr #companionship #friendship #friendship

Christ on a cracker. You raped Achilles! ↗

— P.C. Cast

#kat #melia #warrior-rising #rape

Seminaked men!” Jacky trilled. “With swords,” Kat purred. “It is a romance novel! ↗

— P.C. Cast

#p-c-cast #warrior-rising #men