#wither

Tell freedom I said hello. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#freedom #lauren-destefano #wither #freedom

He kissed back, all the pages spread out around us like riddles waiting to be solved. Let them wait. Let my genes unravel, my hinges come loose. If my fate rests in the hands of a madman, let death come and bring its worse. I'll take the ruined craters of laboratories, the dead trees, this city with ashes in the oxygen, if it means freedom. I'd sooner die here than live a hundred years with wires in my veins. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#fever #wither #death

The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop. ↗

— Rudolf Nureyev

#before #body #dancing #drop #i

Could you have possibly put more water between us? ↗

— Saundra Mitchell

#love #nathaniel-witherspoon #love

Because you’re looking for something temporary. Something fun to play with.” I leaned even closer to deliver my punch line—the one that would deter even the horniest of men. “And I get attached.” I stood back up to my full height so I could take in his reaction. “Now doesn’t that just scare you shitless? ↗

— Laurelin Paige

#men

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#glitter #gold #lost #poetry #roots

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#another #answer #away #being #does

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family. ↗

— Chanakya

#causes #destroy #does #family #forest

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#boring #brittany #going #i #i think

I think either Robert Blake wither pulled the trigger or hired someone to do it, but it will be a tough case to prove. I think there's a very good chance he may take the stand, and that's what I'm waiting for. ↗

— Catherine Crier

#case #chance #either #good #good chance