“You can’t expect anyone to see you as above them if you lower yourself to their level. Insults say more about the speaker than the intended recipient.”
―
C.W. Farnsworth,
Fake Empire
“But today? She’s devastatingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. The untouchable sort of regal. An ice queen. A snow angel. A moon goddess.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“I’ve had too much alcohol and too little sleep to have a conversation with you.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Four Months, Three Words
“Adler Beck may be German, but he's mastered the French kiss.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall
“But that’s the beauty of dreams: they’re yours. No one else’s. You don’t need permission or justification to pursue them. You can give them relevance and importance and meaning all by yourself.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“Hope never hurt anyone. As long as you remember: hope isn't always reality.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall
“Unseasonably chilly tonight.” “Feel free to take your weatherman audition elsewhere.” This time, the hum almost sounds like a laugh. “I was referring to your personality, dear.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“I know we’ll only ever be a smorgasbord of high school cliches and a succession of reckless decisions. But right now? We feel like more.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“He was attractive before. He’s devastating now.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“That’s good to know,” Weston replies. And then he leans down and kisses me.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“taller than me,” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“Angry thoughts swirl through my head, and I embrace the vitriol, knowing the pain that lurks beneath is infinitely more dangerous.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“The shiny silver sports car gleams under the automatic lights, a fresh slash against the wound opened by that glossy cover.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“Football has always been a constant. It never beguiled me and then disappeared.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“The difference now is that I know Jace Dawson exists, and that knowledge has infiltrated every cell of my body and permanently altered me in a way neither time nor distance has managed to revert.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“I look calm. Regal. Poised. But there’s an ineffaceable sorrow in my eyes that I study closely, trying to discern the exact cyan flecks conveying woe.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“It was one thing not to have any options. It’s worse to know that I do.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“I continue tracing the shifting shapes of the waves with my eyes. I know I won’t falter again. Did I hope for fate? Yes. But I forgot about duty.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“Joan suddenly appears again, and hands me a bouquet of flowers for the second time in this spot. This time I don’t drop them.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“But today? She’s devastatingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. The untouchable sort of regal. An ice queen. A snow angel. A moon goddess.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“I’ve had too much alcohol and too little sleep to have a conversation with you.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Four Months, Three Words
“Adler Beck may be German, but he's mastered the French kiss.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall
“But that’s the beauty of dreams: they’re yours. No one else’s. You don’t need permission or justification to pursue them. You can give them relevance and importance and meaning all by yourself.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“Hope never hurt anyone. As long as you remember: hope isn't always reality.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, First Flight, Final Fall
“Unseasonably chilly tonight.” “Feel free to take your weatherman audition elsewhere.” This time, the hum almost sounds like a laugh. “I was referring to your personality, dear.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Fake Empire
“I know we’ll only ever be a smorgasbord of high school cliches and a succession of reckless decisions. But right now? We feel like more.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“He was attractive before. He’s devastating now.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“That’s good to know,” Weston replies. And then he leans down and kisses me.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“taller than me,” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Kiss Now, Lie Later
“Angry thoughts swirl through my head, and I embrace the vitriol, knowing the pain that lurks beneath is infinitely more dangerous.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“The shiny silver sports car gleams under the automatic lights, a fresh slash against the wound opened by that glossy cover.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“Football has always been a constant. It never beguiled me and then disappeared.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“The difference now is that I know Jace Dawson exists, and that knowledge has infiltrated every cell of my body and permanently altered me in a way neither time nor distance has managed to revert.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“I look calm. Regal. Poised. But there’s an ineffaceable sorrow in my eyes that I study closely, trying to discern the exact cyan flecks conveying woe.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“It was one thing not to have any options. It’s worse to know that I do.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“I continue tracing the shifting shapes of the waves with my eyes. I know I won’t falter again. Did I hope for fate? Yes. But I forgot about duty.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
“Joan suddenly appears again, and hands me a bouquet of flowers for the second time in this spot. This time I don’t drop them.” ― C.W. Farnsworth, Two Decisions, One Duty
