#pleasant

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good. ↗

— Lucy Larcom

#did #difficult #does #good #grow

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable. ↗

— Carre Otis

#controversial #exposing #feel #judgment #making

Ponder well on this point: the pleasant hours of our life are all connected by a more or less tangible link, with some memory of the table. ↗

— Charles Pierre Monselet (

#french-author #life #memories #pleasant #table

The Dandy is the highest form of existence attainable by the human form. His life is exclusively dedicated to dressing exquisitely, parading about the fashionable boroughs of splendid cities and and holding forth at his club, where he dispenses witticism as readily as the vulgaroisie utters its banal platitudes. The only species of 'work' this singular Chap might engage in would consist of discussing buttonhole stitching with his tailor and performing his ablutions until the morning has been well aired enough for him to step into it. ↗

— Gustav Temple and Vic Darkwood

#britain #chap #chappism #chaps #civility

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me. ↗

— Derek Landy

#humor #sarcasm #skuldugerry-pleasant #wit #humor

Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed. "Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs." "Really?" "Oh, yes." She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?" "They just are." "In what way?" "In a magicky way." She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?" "Not really. ↗

— Derek Landy

#derek-landy #funny #humor #magic #skulduggery-pleasant

You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last present you gave me was a stick.” “You wanted a weapon.” “It was a stick.” “It had a bow on it.” “It was a stick.” “I thought you liked the stick. You laughed. ↗

— Derek Landy

#presents #skulduggery-pleasant #stick #valkyrie-cain #weapon

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#get #i #letters #lot #people

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#company #how #however #matter #might

I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be a pleasant road. ↗

— Adelaide Anne Procter

#i #i do #life #lord #may