#shadows

We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides. ↗

— Junichiro Tanizaki

#darkness #find #itself #light #only

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings. ↗

— George MacDonald

#god #shadows #wings

I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#fear #great #half #i #i do

Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality. ↗

— Hermann Minkowski

#doomed #fade #henceforth #independent #into

There's my baby!" I cried, quite carried away, "There's my poochiekins!" ... "Sadie," My dad said firmly, "Please do not refer to the devourer of souls as 'poochiekins'. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#children-s #humor #mythology #serpent-in-the-shadows #humor

Just shut up and talk. - Shella ↗

— Krista Alasti

#fantasy #funny #krista-alasti #shifters #taming-shadows

I can be a gentleman off and on. When the urge hits me. - Tran ↗

— Krista Alasti

#fantasy #funny #krista-alasti #shifters #taming-shadows

Don’t be hating on my peacock. It’s just not right. - Kye ↗

— Krista Alasti

#fantasy #funny #krista-alasti #shifters #taming-shadows

Why would Dad call you? I mean, you have to admit that he would have been better off calling the local prison and asking them to send out one of the convicted killers to come find me. - Shella ↗

— Krista Alasti

#fantasy #funny #krista-alasti #shifters #taming-shadows

I’m sure all of that’s true. Especially the anal bit--Marshall’s always been an ass--but I don’t see how this is relevant, unless of course I’m mistaken, and you really are comparing me to a crumb that needs sweeping. - Shella ↗

— Krista Alasti

#fantasy #funny #krista-alasti #shifters #taming-shadows