#um

Two things that matter to me. Emotional resonance and rocket launchers. ↗

I knew it, I just knew it! The person who had the job of writing my life's dialogue used to work on a very low budget soap opera. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#family

The latter. She had a good run," Sook said, doing a little shrug. It was his usual response to death at Mapleshade, and it was a safe bet that he felt that way about himself. Like most twice-widowed, Korea-vet, nature-loving, gun-enthusiast, bilingual, weed-connoisseur great grandfathers of five, he'd lived a full life. ↗

— Lisa Lutz

#humor #way-with-words #death

Gingerly, Daniel reached toward the infant. "What if she doesn't like me?" "She'll spit acid in your eye and you'll die a horrible death," Kara joked. ↗

— Jacqueline Diamond

#death

I understand the worries of many - not only here in this auditorium -, and some have already written to me to say that technical progress has lowered the threshold that stops people from helping themselves to protected works without the slightest embarrassment. ↗

— Johannes Rau

#auditorium #embarrassment #helping #here #i

Tall, dark, and gruesome." -Tori ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor

I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#humor

The first time you see something that you have never seen before, you almost always know right away if you should eat it or run away from it. ↗

— Scott Adams

#humor #food

Her hands cupped his face, thumbs caressing his cheekbones. "I love you, Mr. Bennett." "Good thing. Hate to be the only one afflicted. ↗