#lt

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you. ↗

— Sabrina Jeffries

#romance #wealth #humor

I have no culture, no humane harmony in my brains. I can't live without a culture anymore. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#humor #humor

If I were you, And you were I, I would kill myself, But you would die! ↗

— Bruce Jennings

#insult #humor

I’ll leave you guys to get acquainted. Somebody show Leo to dinner when it’s time?” “I got it,” one of the girls said. Nyssa, Leo remembered. She wore camo pants, a tank top that showed off her buff arms, and a red bandanna over her mop of dark hair. Except for the smiley-face Band-Aid on her chin, she looked like one of those female action heroes, like any second she was going to grab a machine gun and start mowing down evil aliens. “Cool,” Leo said. “I always wanted a sister who could beat me up. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #young-adult #humor

Nemo suggested that it might be some monster giant but his papa called him a "rattlebrain" and ordered him to pacify his mama who was making elaborate plans to faint. ↗

— Winsor McCay

#humor #stilted #humor

Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#kings #louis-xiv #royalty #versailles #imagination

The decay and disintegration of this culture is astonishingly amusing if you are emotionally detached from it. I have always viewed it from a safe distance, knowing I don't belong; it doesn't include me, and it never has. no matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to. ↗

— George Carlin

#love

There is no law stronger than that of magic. - Kian ↗

— Kailin Gow

#fairy #fairyland #fantasy #love #magic

He's exasperated. "I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year! ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#ettiene-st-clair #love #romance #ya #young-adult-romance

I once thought the three most important words in creation were ‘whatever proved necessary,’” he said. “And now?” she gasped against his mouth. “Now I know I was wrong. The three most important words in creation are ‘I love you ↗

— Gena Showalter Last Kiss Goodnight

#last-kiss-goodnight #solomon #vika #love