#par

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties. ↗

— John Wanamaker

#business #dinner #dinner parties #like #merely

I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul. ↗

— J.D. Stroube

#paranormal #skewer #soul #will #willpower

she never even wore stockings; just those bullet proof tights that you see on old maids. ↗

— Poppet

#paranormal-urban-fantasy-romance #urban-fantasy

The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young. ↗

— Noah Webster

#children #obedience #parents #obedience

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#apart #because #closed #curtains #draw

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#been #case #church #community #death

When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#japan #overwhelming #prepared #shown #support

From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch. ↗

— Tamara Rose Blodgett

#paranormal #paranormal-romance #sci-fi #supernatural #suspense

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#apparatus #challenge #conscience #humanity #legal

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic. ↗

— Elizabeth Banks

#band #down #ever #four #guitar