#splinter

Do you really think these are Alice's tears?" I ask. "That I'm supposed to make them go away somehow?" "I'm the wrong guy to ask. I just saw a skeleton with antlers and a forest of aphid-noshing flower zombies.: ↗

— A.G. Howard

#jeb #splintered #zombies

I'm going to fall in love with an artist. And we'll have two kids and live in the country. A quiet life, so we can hear our muses and answer when they call. Tipping up my chin to meet his gaze, he gives me a tender, starlit smile - one that melts my insides. "I like your version better. ↗

— A.G. Howard

#jeb #splintered #life

Kenzie approached sheepishly, one half of the broken rattan in her hand. "Sorry," she said, holding up the ruined weapon with a helpless gesture. "It...uh...died a noble death. I can only hope it gave that thing a wicked tongue splinter. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#noble #rattan #splinter #death

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone. ↗

— August Wilson

#between #calendar #every #find #focus

The first rule of being a ninja is, 'Do no harm.' Unless you mean to do harm. Then do lots of harm. ↗

— Splinter TMNT

#ninjas #splinter #tmnt #funny

The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery. ↗

— William Falconer

#any #application #applied #broken #employed

Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits. ↗

— Frank Perdue

#dream #gathered #hits #i #more

Some people have no business attending a dignified tea. Gawking as if I belong in a zoo, when they're the ones who have all the manners and the fashion sense of a monkey. ↗

— A.G. Howard

#business