“Will rose slowly to his feet. He could not believe he was doing what he was doing, but it was clear that he was, clear as the silver rim around the black of Jem’s eyes. “If there is a life after this one,” he said, “let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.”“There will be other lives.” Jem held his hand out, and for a moment, they clasped hands, as they had done during their parabatai ritual, reaching across twin rings of fire to interlace their fingers with each other. “The world is a wheel,” he said. “When we rise or fall, we do it together.”Will tightened his grip on Jem’s hand, which felt thin as twigs in his. “Well, then,” he said, through a tight throat, “since you say there will be another life for me, let us both pray I do not make as colossal a mess of it as I have this one.”
―
Cassandra Clare,
Clockwork Princess
“I took a bite of cookie and chewed. “Hmmm,” I said, trying not to spit crumbs. “Clear vanilla notes, too-sweet chocolate chips, distinct flavor of brown sugar. A decent cookie, not spectacular. Still, a good-hearted cookie, not pretentious.” I turned to Fang. “What say you?” “It’s fine.” Some people just don’t have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.” ― James Patterson, The Angel Experiment
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gained one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please, Tommy. Please." With his heart falling into a black abyss, Thomas pulled the trigger.” ― James Dashner, The Death Cure
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
“It's clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time. Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of mindless certainty bumming blithely along beneath our ignorance that ensured we would come together. Like two solitary birds flying the great prairies by celestial reckoning, all of these years and lifetimes we have been moving toward one another.” ― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County
“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not."Fang rolled his eyes.” ― James Patterson
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it—but all that had gone before.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“He's not a child!" said Sirius impatiently."He's not an adult either!" said Mrs. Weasley, the color rising in her cheeks. "He's not James, Sirius!""I'm perfectly clear who he is, thanks, Molly," said Sirius coldly."I'm not sure you are!" said Mrs. Weasley. "Sometimes, the way you talk about him, it's as though you think you've got your best friend back!” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“From Jess:FANG. I've commented your blog with my questions for THREE YEARS. You answer other people's STUPID questions but not MINE. YOU REALLY ASKED FOR IT, BUDDY. I'm just gonna comment with this until you answer at least one of my questions. DO YOU HAVE A JAMAICAN ACCENT? No, MonDO YOU MOLT? Gross.WHAT'S YOUR STAR SIGN? Dont know. "Angel what's my star sign?" She says Scorpio.HAVE YOU TOLD JEB I LOVE HIM YET? No.DOES NOT HAVING A POWER MAKE YOU ANGRY? Well, that's not really true...DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Can you see me doing the Soulja Boy?DOES IGGY KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Gazzy does.DO YOU USE HAIR PRODUCTS? No. Again,no.DO YOU USE PRODUCTS ON YOUR FEATHERS? I don't know that they make bird kid feather products yet. WHAT'S YOU FAVORITE MOVIE? There are a bunchWHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? I don't have favorites. They're too polarizing.WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? Max, when she showers.DO THESE QUESTIONS MAKE YOU ANGRY? Not really. IF I CAME UP TO YOU IN A STREET AND HUGGED YOU, WOULD YOU KILL ME? You might get kicked. But I'm used to people wanting me dead, so. DO YOU SECRETLY WANT TO BE HUGGED? Doesn't everybody?ARE YOU GOING EMO 'CAUSE ANGEL IS STEALING EVERYONE'S POWERS (INCLUDING YOURS)? Not the emo thing again. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Anything hot and delicious and brought to me by Iggy.WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? Three eggs, over easy. Bacon. More Bacon. Toast.DID YOU EVEN HAVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? See above.DID YOU DIE INSIDE WHEN MAX CHOSE ARI OVER YOU? Dudes don't die inside. DO YOU LIKE MAX? Duh.DO YOU LIKE ME? I think you're funny.DOES IGGY LIKE ME? SureDO YOU WRITE DEPRESSING POETRY? No.IS IT ABOUT MAX? Ahh. No.IS IT ABOUT ARI? Why do you assume I write depressing poetry?IS IT ABOUT JEB? Ahh.ARE YOU GOING TO BLOCK THIS COMMENT? Clearly, no.WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? A Dirty Projectors T-shirt. Jeans.DO YOU WEAR BOXERS OR BRIEFS? No freaking comment.DO YOU FIND THIS COMMENT PERSONAL? Could I not find that comment personal?DO YOU WEAR SUNGLASSES? Yes, cheap ones.DO YOU WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT? That would make it hard to see.DO YOU SMOKE APPLES, LIKE US? Huh?DO YOU PREFER BLONDES OR BRUNETTES? Whatever.DO YOU LIKE VAMPIRES OR WEREWOLVES? Fanged creatures rock.ARE YOU GAY AND JUST PRETENDING TO BE STRAIGHT BY KISSING LISSA? Uhh...WERE YOU EXPERIMENING WITH YOUR SEXUALITY? Uhh...WOULD YOU TELL US IF YOU WERE GAY? Yes.DO YOU SECRETLY LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU EMO? No.ARE YOU EMO? Whatever.DO YOU LIKE EGGS? Yes. I had them for breakfast.DO YOU LIKE EATING THINGS? I love eating. I list it as a hobby.DO YOU SECRETLY THINK YOU'RE THE SEXIEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD? Do you secretly think I'm the sexiest person in the whole world?DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHTS ABOUT MAX? Eeek!HAS ENGEL EVER READ YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WERE HAVING DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT MAX AND GONE "OMG" AND YOU WERE LIKE "D:"? hahahahahahahahahahahDO YOU LIKE SPONGEBOB? He's okay, I guess.DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT SPONGEBOB? Definitely CAN YOU COOK? Iggy cooks.DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? I like to eat.ARE YOU, LIKE, A HOUSEWIFE? How on earth could I be like a housewife?DO YOU SECRETLY HAVE INNER TURMOIL?Isn't it obvious?DO YOU WANT TO BE UNDA DA SEA? I'm unda da stars.DO YOU THINK IT'S NOT TOO LATE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE? Sure.WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO PLAY POKER? TV.DO YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Totally.OF COURSE YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE. DOES IGGY HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Yes.CAN HE EVEN PLAY POKER? Iggy beats me sometimes.DO YOU LIKE POKING PEOPLE HARD? Not really.ARE YOU FANGALICIOUS? I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be.Fly on, Fang” ― James Patterson, Fang
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“And by the way, you clearly don't know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not.” ― James Patterson, Fang
“I took a bite of cookie and chewed. “Hmmm,” I said, trying not to spit crumbs. “Clear vanilla notes, too-sweet chocolate chips, distinct flavor of brown sugar. A decent cookie, not spectacular. Still, a good-hearted cookie, not pretentious.” I turned to Fang. “What say you?” “It’s fine.” Some people just don’t have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.” ― James Patterson, The Angel Experiment
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gained one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please, Tommy. Please." With his heart falling into a black abyss, Thomas pulled the trigger.” ― James Dashner, The Death Cure
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
“It's clear to me now that I have been moving toward you and you toward me for a long time. Though neither of us was aware of the other before we met, there was a kind of mindless certainty bumming blithely along beneath our ignorance that ensured we would come together. Like two solitary birds flying the great prairies by celestial reckoning, all of these years and lifetimes we have been moving toward one another.” ― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County
“All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not."Fang rolled his eyes.” ― James Patterson
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it—but all that had gone before.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“He's not a child!" said Sirius impatiently."He's not an adult either!" said Mrs. Weasley, the color rising in her cheeks. "He's not James, Sirius!""I'm perfectly clear who he is, thanks, Molly," said Sirius coldly."I'm not sure you are!" said Mrs. Weasley. "Sometimes, the way you talk about him, it's as though you think you've got your best friend back!” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“From Jess:FANG. I've commented your blog with my questions for THREE YEARS. You answer other people's STUPID questions but not MINE. YOU REALLY ASKED FOR IT, BUDDY. I'm just gonna comment with this until you answer at least one of my questions. DO YOU HAVE A JAMAICAN ACCENT? No, MonDO YOU MOLT? Gross.WHAT'S YOUR STAR SIGN? Dont know. "Angel what's my star sign?" She says Scorpio.HAVE YOU TOLD JEB I LOVE HIM YET? No.DOES NOT HAVING A POWER MAKE YOU ANGRY? Well, that's not really true...DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Can you see me doing the Soulja Boy?DOES IGGY KNOW HOW TO DO THE SOULJA BOY? Gazzy does.DO YOU USE HAIR PRODUCTS? No. Again,no.DO YOU USE PRODUCTS ON YOUR FEATHERS? I don't know that they make bird kid feather products yet. WHAT'S YOU FAVORITE MOVIE? There are a bunchWHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? I don't have favorites. They're too polarizing.WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SMELL? Max, when she showers.DO THESE QUESTIONS MAKE YOU ANGRY? Not really. IF I CAME UP TO YOU IN A STREET AND HUGGED YOU, WOULD YOU KILL ME? You might get kicked. But I'm used to people wanting me dead, so. DO YOU SECRETLY WANT TO BE HUGGED? Doesn't everybody?ARE YOU GOING EMO 'CAUSE ANGEL IS STEALING EVERYONE'S POWERS (INCLUDING YOURS)? Not the emo thing again. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Anything hot and delicious and brought to me by Iggy.WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? Three eggs, over easy. Bacon. More Bacon. Toast.DID YOU EVEN HAVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING? See above.DID YOU DIE INSIDE WHEN MAX CHOSE ARI OVER YOU? Dudes don't die inside. DO YOU LIKE MAX? Duh.DO YOU LIKE ME? I think you're funny.DOES IGGY LIKE ME? SureDO YOU WRITE DEPRESSING POETRY? No.IS IT ABOUT MAX? Ahh. No.IS IT ABOUT ARI? Why do you assume I write depressing poetry?IS IT ABOUT JEB? Ahh.ARE YOU GOING TO BLOCK THIS COMMENT? Clearly, no.WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? A Dirty Projectors T-shirt. Jeans.DO YOU WEAR BOXERS OR BRIEFS? No freaking comment.DO YOU FIND THIS COMMENT PERSONAL? Could I not find that comment personal?DO YOU WEAR SUNGLASSES? Yes, cheap ones.DO YOU WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT? That would make it hard to see.DO YOU SMOKE APPLES, LIKE US? Huh?DO YOU PREFER BLONDES OR BRUNETTES? Whatever.DO YOU LIKE VAMPIRES OR WEREWOLVES? Fanged creatures rock.ARE YOU GAY AND JUST PRETENDING TO BE STRAIGHT BY KISSING LISSA? Uhh...WERE YOU EXPERIMENING WITH YOUR SEXUALITY? Uhh...WOULD YOU TELL US IF YOU WERE GAY? Yes.DO YOU SECRETLY LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU EMO? No.ARE YOU EMO? Whatever.DO YOU LIKE EGGS? Yes. I had them for breakfast.DO YOU LIKE EATING THINGS? I love eating. I list it as a hobby.DO YOU SECRETLY THINK YOU'RE THE SEXIEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD? Do you secretly think I'm the sexiest person in the whole world?DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHTS ABOUT MAX? Eeek!HAS ENGEL EVER READ YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WERE HAVING DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT MAX AND GONE "OMG" AND YOU WERE LIKE "D:"? hahahahahahahahahahahDO YOU LIKE SPONGEBOB? He's okay, I guess.DO YOU EVER HAVE DIRTY THOUGHT ABOUT SPONGEBOB? Definitely CAN YOU COOK? Iggy cooks.DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? I like to eat.ARE YOU, LIKE, A HOUSEWIFE? How on earth could I be like a housewife?DO YOU SECRETLY HAVE INNER TURMOIL?Isn't it obvious?DO YOU WANT TO BE UNDA DA SEA? I'm unda da stars.DO YOU THINK IT'S NOT TOO LATE, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE? Sure.WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO PLAY POKER? TV.DO YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Totally.OF COURSE YOU HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE. DOES IGGY HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE? Yes.CAN HE EVEN PLAY POKER? Iggy beats me sometimes.DO YOU LIKE POKING PEOPLE HARD? Not really.ARE YOU FANGALICIOUS? I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be.Fly on, Fang” ― James Patterson, Fang
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“And by the way, you clearly don't know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not.” ― James Patterson, Fang
