Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a simple matter of what you will do when the chips are down, my friend. When the fat lady is singing. When the walls are falling in, and the sky is dark, and the ground is rumbling. In that moment our actions will define us. And it makes no difference whether you are being watched by Allah, Jesus, Buddah, or whether you are not. On cold days a man can see his breath, on a hot day he can't. On both occasions, the man breathes.
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
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Did he know which was worse, which more traumatic: pulling together or tearing apart?
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Picking up his shield and drawing his sword, he stood upon the wall, watching as the dragon flew closer and closer, its red eyes flaring, its white teeth gleaming.
"DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Winter Night" - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
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Full stories are as rare as honesty.
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
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Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby.
Zadie Smith, White Teeth
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I took the picture on Dec. 22nd 2021, but I added a smile on the picture with a FaceApp on Feb. 29th, 2024.
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