#stairs

Wo men shi jie bai xiong di-we are more than brothers, Will. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-princess #jem-carstairs #page- #men

Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" "They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #trust

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#call #department #down #fire #house

Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs. ↗

— Wellington Mara

#i #maybe #old #since #time

I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs. ↗

— Wayne Newton

#faith #great #great faith #had #i

But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set. ↗

— Jaime King

#doing #down #fell #finger #funny

It just seemed too weird to me. I don't know, maybe they were smoking a joint in the car downstairs from their parents' apartment. I had to go that far to put together a scenario of how they could have possibly recognized me. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#car #could #downstairs #far #go

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs. ↗

— Gary Numan

#displayed #fantasy #films #go #i

What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation? ↗

— Catherine Gilbert Murdock

#stairs #architecture

I thought you needed me," Jem said. "There is a wall you have built about yourself, Will, and I have never asked you why. But no one should shoulder every burden alone. I thought you would let me inside if I became your parabatai, and then you would have at least someone to lean upon. I did wonder what my death would mean for you. I used to fear it, for your sake. I feared you would be left alone inside that wall. But now ... something has changed. I do not know why. But I know that it is true." "That what is true?" Will's fingers were still digging into Jem's wrist. "That the wall is coming down. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#parabatai #william-herondale #change