#hollow

So in sum, what are we? We are the creatures that know and know too much. That leaves us with such a burden again we have a choice, to laugh or cry. No other animal does either. We do, depending on the season and the need. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#love #love

Fate and destiny go hand in hand. It is impossible to change our destiny. Only the path upon which we walk to reach our destination alters. If we should stray from that path, fate will take control and guide us in the right direction. ↗

— J.A. Belfield

#holloway-pack #jem-stonehouse #paranormal-romance #reincarnation #sean-holloway

I angle my head down and peer up at him through my lashes in what I hope is an alluring manner. I have zero experience in this area though, so it’s possible I look like a total moron. ↗

— Rachel Morgan

#faerie-guardian #funny #experience

Colors shift like smoke within the branch beneath our feet. Sprites jump from leaf to leaf, leaving sprinklings of glittery dust in the air behind them. Droplets of water are strung like pearls from the silver strands of a spider’s web. Bluebottle glow-bugs stick to the leaves and branches, lighting up the night with their blue-green bodies. And high above us, clouds are draped like sashes of color across the sky. Amethyst, azure, jade. ↗

— Rachel Morgan

#faerie-guardian #nature #nature

This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door. ↗

— Amanda Hocking

#hollowland #zombies #zombies

Don't pursue something with a vengeful heart, or it will destroy you. Hate wraps a cold hand around your heart and hollows you out." - Justus ↗

— Dannika Dark

#hate #heart #hollow #justus #mageri

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#deceptive #degrading #hollow #human #human life

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end. ↗

— Washington Irving

#come #empty #end #hollow #keeping