#summon

Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #summoning #tori #food

On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cabinet #completely #form #his #i

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#i #muse #need #reason #suffer

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#another #coming #did #doubt #each

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#book #energy #finish #help #i