#pipe

What business have I with this pipe? This thing that is meant for sereneness, to send up mild white vapors among mild white hairs, not among torn iron-grey locks like mine. I'll smoke no more. ↗

— Herman Melville

#the-pipe #business

Worse still, he doesn’t know how to follow the piper anymore because it’s a path Tom has lost faith in. And the piper knows it. Tom can see it in his father’s eyes now. And the more he stares, the clearer it becomes. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#faith #piper #thomas #faith

An imposing wall prominently divides the visions of President Obama and congressional Republicans when it comes to economic growth and creating jobs. Solyndra is on one side and the Keystone pipeline is on the other. ↗

— Fred Upton

#congressional #creating #divides #economic #economic growth

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#leo-valdez #piper-mclean #funny

Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? Feel free to take care of me in return... because I think I'll need you to do that. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#the-piper-s-son #inspirational

Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#piper-mclean #the-lost-hero #love

Hold onto the string, love, until the current shifts and we can be together again. ↗

— Amy A. Bartol

#love

If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#humour #learning #music #men

Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant music and happy voices talking and laughing. She guessed she was hearing hundreds of years of parties and celebrations that had been held at this shrine in ancient times, as if the memories had been freed along with the spirits. 'What is that?' Jason asked nervously. Piper slipped her hand into his. 'The ghosts are dancing. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#music

Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry.” “Leo, that’s Snow White,” Piper said. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#gaea #leo-valdez #piper-mclean #nature