#burns

My friends call me by my name." "You don't have any friends." "I don't want you to be my friend, Selia, or my servant, not now. I thought you were both. You have let me know I was wrong. So are you to treat me so. You are wrong. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#friendship #friendship

He raised his hand in a peaceful gesture. "You need to relax a bit, dove. Like Mouse over there. You trust me, don't you, Mouse?" "Nope!" "Ahhh, I'm hurt. Nobody likes me. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#funny #julie #kate #kate-daniels #magic-burns

I had to give it him, to flatter and insult a woman in one propostition took talent. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate #kate-daniels #magic-burns #talent

You know," she said, stirring her tea, "the fastest way to get him off your back is to sleep with him. And tell him you love him. Preferably while in bed." I smirked and the tea almost came out of my nose. "He'd run like he was on fire. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#curran #ilona-andrews #kate #kate-daniels #magic-burns

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#air #always #angels #breaks #burden

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons. ↗

— Henry Timrod

#burns #court #dark #fragrant #green

George Burns was the father I never had. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#father #george #george burns #had #i

Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#father #me #mr #omit #symbol

Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left? ↗

— Bobby Darin

#burns #business #care #dead #i

George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. ↗

— Tom Waits

#george #george burns #i #loved #particularly