#to

...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things. ↗

— Howard Carter

#archaeology #history #suspense

Good morning, good morning, good morning," Loki chirped, wheeling in a table covered with silver domes. "What are you doing?" I asked, squinting at him. He'd pulled up the shades. I was tired a hell, and I was not happy. "I thought you two lovebirds would like breakfast," Loki said. "So I had the chef whip you up something fantastic." As he set up the table in the sitting area, he looked over at us. "Although you two are sleeping awfully far apart for newly weds." "Oh my god." I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. "You know, I think you're being a dick," Tove told him as he got out of bed. "But I'm starving. So I'm willing to overlook it. This time." "A dick?" Loki pretended to be offended. "I'm merely worried about your health. If your bodies aren't used to strenous activities, like a long night of love making, you could waste away if you don't get plenty of protein and rehydrate. I'm concerned for you." "Yes we both believe that's why you're here," Tove said sarcastically and took a glass of orange juice that Loki had just poured for him. "What about you princess?" Loki's gaze cut to me as he filled another glass. "I'm not hungry."I sighed and sat up. "Oh really?" Loki arched an eyebrow. "Does that mean that last night-" "It means last night is none of your business," I snapped. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#ascend #day-after #funny #loki #tove

I am the Love that Dare not Speak its Name ↗

— Alfred B. Douglas

#history #homosexuality #love #male #suspense

‎"I'm in a win-win playoff. " Response of a Christian dying of cancer at thirty on the prospect of miraculous healing. ↗

— Billy Graham

#victory #faith

I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#cynicism #people #cynicism

A procrastinators willpower lies in the fact that he keeps work pending because he strongly feels he wants to do the same – keep it pending. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#procrastination #procrastinator #willpower #procrastination

Didn't you learn anything from my mistakes?" he asks. Shit, when Alex was in the Latino Blood back in Chicago I worshiped him. "You don't want to hear my answer to that. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#rules-to-attraction #worship

But I'll be fine. I'll be with Tod. He's a good guy, you know." He just hides it under all the sarcasm and curls. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#mr-cavanaugh #soul-screamers #tod #sarcasm

What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know. ↗

— Anthony Horowitz

#alex-rider #sarcasm #sarcasm

Switters was actually quite fond of Seattle's weather, and not merely because of it's ambivalence. He liked it's subtle, muted qualities and the landscape that those qualities encouraged if not engendered: vistas that seemed to have been sketched with a sumi brush dipped in quicksilver and green tea. It was fresh, it was clean, it was gently primal, and mystically suggestive. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#tom-robbins #mysticism