#we

For a brazen Libertine, an adulterer, a sodomite, an atheist, a fornicator, rakehell, heretic, godless playmaker and debaucher of innocents, you’re a sorry state of affairs. ↗

— Elizabeth Bear

#kit-marlowe #age

Under the stars,I tried to sleep,but for once in my life couldn't.My mutant super power-the ability to nod off at at the drop of a hat,any time,anywhere-had deserted me. ↗

— James Lovegrove

#sleep #superpowers #age

If your party serves the powerful and well-funded interests, and there's no limit to what you can spend, you have a permanent, structural advantage. We're averaging fifty-dollar checks in our campaign, and trying to ward off these seven- or eight-figure checks on the other side. That disparity is pretty striking, and so are the implications. In many ways, we're back in the Gilded Age. We have robber barons buying the government. ↗

— David Axelrod

#democrats #donations #fund-raising #gilded-age #government

To remain conscious and continent was her new goal. ↗

— Louise Penny

#age

What's good for you is not always best for you, and what's best for you is not always good for you. ↗

— B.S. Wood

#well-being #age

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#decrease #desire #growth #must #only

I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#engineer #engines #father #guess #i

it smelled the way a garage would smell if you left a bear inside it for too long. ↗

— Adam Rex

#age

Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#samwell-tarly #weasel #age

The Bronze and Iron Age peoples saw water as having supernatural powers whilst its dark mysterious depths were seen as the gateway to the underworld. People felt compelled to make offerings to the Deities, which they believed inhabited these magical places, as evidenced by many archaeological finds including jewellery, plaques, coins and both animal and human remains. No doubt these were the original ‘wishing wells’ that we throw our small change into today, in the hope that the spirit of the place will grant our heart’s desire! ↗

— Carole Carlton

#carole-carlton #imbolc #irish-celts #lughnasadh #moon-magic