#isa

Working in Isaac's universe was more of a treat than a challenge. ↗

— Greg Bear

#isaac #more #than #treat #universe

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and I do hope they're on target. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#being #certain #confusions #disappointments #feel

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#blond #blond hair #disadvantage #hair #i

I think every American has a role in saving this country. Whether you're Democrat, Republican, independent, it doesn't matter. We all know the country's in trouble. We may disagree on how to solve it, but we all know the country's in trouble. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#country #democrat #disagree #every #how

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#handled #ill #moment #pain #patiently

One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#choosing #disappointing #does #half #happiness

We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#because #been #being #change #democracy

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

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#disappointment

Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous. ↗

— John Bonham

#brick #brick wall #come #disastrous #fill