#ya

We were at the White House a couple of weeks ago," the man says, "they had a state dinner for Prince Charles and Camilla. Listen, those royals are just the finest people, no pretensions to them whatsoever. You can talk to Prince Charles about anything." Billy nods. There's a silence. Just in time he asks, "What did you talk about?" "Hunting," the man answers. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#rich-people #royal-family #family

Dreams so often become nightmares. Family can so easily become foes. And people are always more stupid than you give them credit for. ↗

— Mike A. Lancaster

#dreams #foes #nightmares #people #stupid

Haylee shook her head as soon as they were gone. “Christ, how can our family be mankind’s best hope? ↗

— Natasha Larry

#darwin-s-children #haylee-mitchell #humor #paranormal #ya

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative. ↗

— Michelle Sagara West

#food #kaylin-neya #sanabalis #students #teacher

I may be stupid, as you say, to believe in honour and friendship and loyalty without price. But these are virtues to be cherished, for without them we are no more than beasts roaming the land. ↗

— David Gemmell

#honour #loyalty #trust #friendship

The first thing I needed, possibly the only thing, was to kiss her and I did, for as long as I could. I let us both breathe for a minute, and I perched her on a counter so I could touch the face I’d missed so much. I poured every bit of frustration, anger, sadness, and worry into that kiss. Meg understood and received it all, pushing her fingers into my hair and giggling against my lips. I didn’t care that anybody passing by could be watching us through the window, or that I could fall right there and sleep for a week. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #henry-whitmire #high-school #kiss #laura-anderson-kurk

Bittersweet? No, just bitter, the taste of your tongue. Words you can’t have back, so they linger. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#bitter #breaking-up #friendship #friendship-and-love #gossip

Tapi anehnya, kebanyakan orang-orang yang niru budaya Barat itu suka serba tanggung. Nirunya separo-separo. Budaya pupnya, ditiru. Budaya kumpul kebonya, ditiru. Budaya makan junk food-nya, ditiru. Budaya mabok-mabokannya, ditiru. Tapi pas giliran budaya tertibnya, ga ditiru. Budaya disiplinnya, ga ditiru. Termasuk budaya kerja kerasnya, ga ditiru. Ini payah namanya. Sok kebarat-baratan. ↗

— Jabogar

#food

I told her that my happy yellow teapot has a kinky backstory involving a nineteenth-century vegetarian sex cult in upstate New York whose members lived for three decades as self-proclaimed "Bible communists" before incorporating into the biggest supplier of dinnerware to the American food-service industry, not to mention harboring their most infamous resident, an irritating young maniac who, years after he moved away, was hanged for assassinating President Garfield. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#yay-history #food

Chef don't judge. ↗

— Chef Boyardee

#chef-boyardee #humor #food