#z

I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up," he said. "And it is my privilege and my responsibility to ride all the way up with you," I said. ↗

— John Green

#hazel-grace #the-fault-in-our-stars #grace

Who are you, Zane?" Zane cocked his head. "I'm an artist. I'm a geek." He felt Ty smile. "I am one badass motherfucker on a motorcycle." Ty began to laugh. Zane dipped his head until they were staring into each other's eyes. "And I'm yours. ↗

— Abigail Roux

#artists

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expects #free #ignorant #nation #never

Sometimes it feels like we're all living in a Prozac nation. The United States of Depression. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#elizabeth-wurtzel #prozac-nation #state

I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#demo #everything #i #i do #know

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.” Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #tasha-ozera #advice

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#hathaway #last #mazur #rose #sacrifice

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#insanity #misunderstandings #sisters #crazy

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests. ↗

— Jeffrey Wright

#bluegrass #blues #classical #creative #i

There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women. ↗

— Joanna Russ

#male-gaze #science-fiction #women #science