#strange

It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#greater #lfe #our #patience #shorter

By the way'[Gabriel] said,' everyone else had better keep out of here. After you spend so much time in lockup, you get to like your space. You get kind of territorial. I wouldn't want anybody to get hurt.' ... Gabriel gave [Kaitlyn] a long, measuring look. Then he flashed a brilliant, unsettling smile. 'You can come in any time you like ↗

— L.J. Smith

#the-strange-power #vision

Good night, Gabriel.' [Kaitlyn] said You jerk [Gabriel] widened his eyes. 'Don't you want to stay? It's a big bed. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#the-strange-power #vision

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hungarian-horntail #panic #relativity #strange

What strange creatures brothers are! ↗

— Jane Austen

#siblings #strange

It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#revelation #strange

People are strange . . . ↗

— Jim Morrison

#strangeness #weirdness #strange

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. ↗

— Criss Jami

#creative #creativity #disagreeable #envy #intimidating

I've never been able to understand 'faith' myself, nor to see how a just God could expect his creatures to pick the one true religion out of an infinitude of false ones - by faith alone. It strikes me as a sloppy way to run an organization, whether universe or a smaller one. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#science-fiction #stranger-in-a-strange-land #faith

Voldemort’s fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#voldemort #death