#short

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#marley #pacifist #short #very #warrior

This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey) ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#country #finding-yourself #inspiring #journey #literature

I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author. ↗

— Isaac Pitman

#becoming #i #intention #shorthand

A kid now can practically record a song or edit a short film on his way to school. I think that will produce, perhaps, more less-interesting things - or you'll have to search more to find the interesting things. But I also think it's exciting. ↗

— Michael Pitt

#edit #exciting #film #find #his

Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates. ↗

— Franklin Raines

#controls #fed #just #mortgage #now

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#better #better future #cause #cheap #criticism

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#before #day #eager #excited #first

I love summer. Because it means I can wear a bikini top and shorts, even just to go shopping. ↗

— David Wain

#bikini #even #go #i #i can

I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love. ↗

— Donald Barthelme

#humor #me-and-miss-mandible #short-story #wives #beauty

Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly." "Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health." "Child geniuses," growled Holly. "Genii," said Minerva. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#minerva-paradizo #genius