#son

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny; and it is believed that the most effectual means of preventing this would be, to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large... ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#government #jefferson #education

Ben Adaephon Delat," Pearl said plaintively, "see the last who comes. You send me to my death." "I know," Quick Ben whispered. "Flee, then. I will hold them enough to ensure your escape no more." Quick Ben sank down past the roof. Before he passed from sight Pearl spoke again. "Ben Adaephon Delat, do you pity me?" "Yes" he replied softly, then pivoted and dropped down into darkness. ↗

— Steven Erikson

#malazan #of-the-moon #steven-erikson #death

It was Jack's and Tom Watson's day yesterday. But today, it's another day. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#another day #day #jack #today #tom

In the balance of love and loss, it was love that made me struggle to… Breathe. ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#breathing #emma-thomas #loss #love #reason-to-breathe

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#case #check #clamour #guilty #himself

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#any #bad #chronicle #day #days

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#married #person #poorly #shackles #well

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father. ↗

— David Beckham

#family man #father #husband #i #man

This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well. ↗

— Victoria Beckham

#irritates #make #me #out #person

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road. ↗