#lice

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#background #come #country #forces #front

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. ↗

— Bess Myerson

#corruption #crime #frequently #indifference #our

Just that what happens today or next week or next year isn't necessarily the way things are always going to be. As soon as you settle into a routine, life throws you a curveball. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. ↗

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#life

Sometimes I wish I could just press a button and be through school and starting my real life,' I told him. 'This is your real life, Al,' he said, 'Don't start living in the future. That's like gulping down a piece of fudge cake and then asking yourself, 'Where'd it go?' You're missing the moment. ↗

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

#life

Now and then I see something in her eyes, and I wonder if I’ve ever grasped how much pain she’s really in. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#bella #charlie #edward #wonder

Mary Alice Young: Sweety, we can't prevent what we can't predict! Lynette Scavo: Isn't there anything I could do? Mary Alice Young: Yes. You can enjoy this beautiful day. We get so few of them. ↗

— Desperate Housewives

#desperate-housewives #friendship #happyness #love #lynette-scavo

I’d give just about anything if I could make you care,” he said. “Especially about me. ↗

— Dia Reeves

#ilan #love #slice-of-cherry #love

I do know you, Fancy. All about you. The problem is, you don’t know about me. ↗

— Dia Reeves

#ilan #love #slice-of-cherry #love

I was never going to get any sleep. I was going to have Alice in Wonderland conversation after Alice in Wonderland conversation until I died of exhaustion. Here, in the restful, idyllic Victorian era. ↗

— Connie Willis

#humor #victorian-era #humor

I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No – no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop] ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#first-day #police-officer #journalism