Grandma Harken was sharpening her garden shears. Her hands slowed on the file and she said finally, “He’ll get in trouble and he’ll figure it out. Best to do it without us standing over him. It’s the only way anybody ever learns to clean up after themselves. Ursula Vernon
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.
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Jess C. Scott
It can be difficult to leave a long-term relationship, even when our inner-wisdom tells us it's time to let go. At this point, we can choose let go and endure the intense pain of leaving behind the familiar to make way for a new chapter...
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Jaeda DeWalt
Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from."" But what if he is your friend?" Achilles had asked him, feet kicked up on the wall of the rose-quartz cave....
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Madeline Miller
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
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Thomas A. Edison
There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
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E.a. Bucchianeri
More Quotes By Ursula Vernon
I suppose we should contact the local authorities?” said W
Trolls have a longstanding animosity for goats--" Who's that trip-tapping across my bridge! ?"--and this led me to think that perhaps trolls are related to goats, since it seems a lot more plausible to me that your relatives would make you insane than some random...
Let's take a minute to talk about spellbooks, since, in this day and age when magic is no longer taught in schools (or is, at best, an elective like Home Economics), very few people have the experience with spellbooks that they used to.
Sweet mother Mary, boy, think about what you’re doing! Be cruel or be kind, but don’t be both, because now you’ve made a mess you can’t clean up in a hurry.
Grandma Harken was sharpening her garden shears. Her hands slowed on the file and she said finally, “He’ll get in trouble and he’ll figure it out. Best to do it without us standing over him. It’s the only way anybody ever learns to clean up...
