#dal

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. ↗

— Antisthenes

#arise #bridal #excessive #gifts #marriages

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#carefully #century #dalton #destroyed #during

If I do something for my kids, I get a medal, because most fathers don't. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#fathers #get #i #i do #kids

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal. ↗

— Howard Bach

#finish #gold #gold medal #i #like

Eve engaged her On Duty sign and stepped out of the car. Immediately her ears were assaulted with a blast of music. Christmas carols pumped, full blast, into the air. She decided that people ran inside, ready to buy anything, just to escape the noise. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#escape #eve-dallas #death

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too. ↗

— James Harden

#gold #gold medal #guys #lot #medal

Tis not your time, my love,” he whispered. “You will not die tonight.” “Never,” I said to him, “for I have been blessed by Death’s Eternal Kiss. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella-s-imagination #seduction-and-scandal #death

This was Jace being brave. Simon thought, brave and snarky because he thought Lilith was going to kill him, and that was the way he wanted to go, unafraid and on his feet. Like a warrior. The way Shadowhunters did. His death song would always be this-jokes and snideness and pretend arrogance, and that look in his eyes that said 'I'm better than you'. Simon just hadn't realized it before. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#death-song #jace-herondale #lilith #simon-lewis #death

The scandal's so unbelievable that I cannot repeat it here. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#here #i #repeat #scandal #unbelievable

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. ↗

— William M. Daley

#daley #mayor #most #people #rich