#si

Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before. ↗

Look," Luke went on, "In all the years I've known him, there's always been exactly one place Simon wanted to be, and he's always fought like hell to make sure he got there and stayed there." "Where's that?" "Wherever you were. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #luke-garroway #simon-lewis #city

You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him." "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep. ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#amusing #philosophy #tamora-pierce #stupidity

Starting today, instead of saying "I have to" when discussing your actions or goals, substitute the words "I choose to." Now the phrase "I have to go to work" becomes "I choose to go to work." And "I have to lose weight" becomes "I choose to lose weight." Saying "I choose to" puts you in charge and affirms that you want to see results. ↗

— Linda Spangle

#diet

Evil turned out not to be a grand thing. Not sneering Emperors with world-conquering designs. Not cacklikng demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts and their small reasons. It was selfishness and carelessness and waste. It was bad luck, incompetence and stupidity. It was violence divorced from conscience or consequence. It was high ideals, even, and low methods. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#design

I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#cassandra-clare

When it came to foods it was a guessing game. ↗

— Tony Perez

#foods #game #guessing

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ↗

— Mark Twain

#fiction #obliged #possibilities #stick #stranger

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ↗