#ss

Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #jem-carstairs #teasing #tessa-gray #will-herondale

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#impudence #sarcasm #smartass #humor

The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#h #humor

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#emotion #friendship #honesty #imagination #individuality

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#depression #enough #guess #had #i

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#hope #impossible #inspirational #musn-t #possibilities

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#inspirational

One love, one heart, one destiny. ↗

— Bob Marley

#compassion #destiny #heart #humanity #inspirational

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ↗

— Mark Twain

#kindness #inspirational

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you. ↗