#rid

Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn. ↗

— Olive Schreiner

#inside #outside #ridiculous #sides #solemn

With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#agreed #anything #anything is possible #challenges #come

She fluttered her fan. “And do you know what they say of women of a certain age, what they want above all?” Desire simmered in him at her not quite smile. “Do tell.” “To be rid of you, Hastings. So that they don’t have to waste what remains of their precious few years suffering your lecherous looks.” “If I stopped looking at you lecherously, you’d miss it.” “Why don’t we test that hypothesis? You stop and I’ll tell you after ten years or so whether I miss it.” .... He rose and bowed slightly. “You wouldn’t last two weeks, Miss Fitzhugh. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#helena #sherry-thomas #tempting-the-bride #age

Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and wrinkled like a chart, The eyes bloodshot with tears and tide. Let the wind blow, for many a man shall die. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#blow #chart #die #eyes #face

I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how. ↗

— Jennifer Wyatt

#bike #forgotten #golf #haven #how

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating. ↗

— Ryan Sheckler

#city #energy #every #feeling #grounds

They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan. ↗

— Barry Sheene

#championship #i #japan #ridiculous #times

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important. ↗

— Bill Shoemaker

#only #race #riding #which #you

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#catch #fox #i #just #make

Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a spell himself. He'd sounded so convincing, so logical, so sad, that she'd found herself wanting to believe him. But testing prods at his argument had made him angry, and long years with Gavin had taught her that angry, defensive people shared the lousy habit of being wrong. ↗

— Stephen M. Irwin

#charisma #conning #defensiveness #pride #supernatural