#bse

That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?" "There is only one girl I care to make swoon," he said. "The question is, does she?" She smiled at him. "She does. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#observation

Since we're keeping it primal, you smell good," he observed. "It's called a shower...," I began automatically, then trailed off. My memory snagged, taken aback by a compelling and forceful sense of undue familiarity. "Soap, shampoo, hot water," I added, almost as an afterthought. "Naked. I know the drill," Jev said, something unreadeble passing over his eyes. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#observation

I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#observation

If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#observation

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#kindness #politics-observation #observation

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste ↗

— Henry Ford

#work #observation

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#observation #study #studying #wisdom #observation

السياسة فن السفالة الأنيقة ↗

— أنيس منصور

#سياسية #observation

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them. ↗

— John Wooden

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‎Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#marijuana #pot-smoking #thomas-jefferson #verenda #observation