#rising

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

— P.C. Cast

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

My company is known for being funny as well as moving. You get a bit of everything in these shows. I think people know they're going to have a surprising experience. ↗

— Matthew Bourne

#being funny #bit #company #everything #experience

I just... I understand you might want to start dating more seriously, and that means dating someone from town. But if you're going to do that..." This time he took a long drink of coffee, and the mug was still at his lips when he said, "I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to school like this. Where's my corset? My bonnet? ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #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

Don't fall in love rise with it ↗

— Amit Abraham

#love #rising #love

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#every #every time #fail #failing #glory

It's hard to wipe your eyes when you have whirring buzzsaws for hands. ↗

— Daniel H. Wilson

#robot #survive #uprising #rebellion

Inch by tantalizing inch, he brought the shirt up exposing his six pack abs. Kim’s mouth went dry as more and more of his chest was revealed to her view. Her tongue ran over her parched lips. All she could think about was licking something off those abs. It could have been poison and she would have gladly licked it and begged for more. ↗

— Marie Rose Dufour

#irish-rising #erotic-romance

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#agreeable #another #arising #contemplating #misery

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#develop #exciting #given #inhibition #most