There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.
The days that followed passed slowly. I lay in my hotel room and watched the kind of strange European TV that would probably make perfect sense if I understood the language, but because I didn’t, the programs just seemed dreamlike and baffling. In ...
Her heart, she had discovered in the last half year, was of durable stuff. You could test its mettle with a hammer.
Life Lessons According to Camryn: One must handle stress like a dog; if you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away
The first sign that Karma was now in cahoots with the Devil Incarnate to ruin her existance should've been before sunrise and pre-coffee.
And the challenge in the next round would be determined by the winner of this test. "Like, what, the DOM-matrix?" ~Tara Reese
And I understood that I ought not ask for a prayer language until I could ask without making it the test of my entire faith.
Fate is a funny character. She puts obstacles in your path to see what character ye have. Life isn't fair,life is a test.
A blanket could be used like a friend, if you’re the sort of person who uses their friends.
A blanket could be used as a scapegoat. But I’d rather use real goats, because they make better cheese.
A blanket could be used as an inherently destructive force, if you can just get past the brick stage.
A hotel is more than bricks and blankets. A hotel is a welcoming atmosphere, and a place to engage in a business transaction with a prostitute.
A brick could be used to motivate. Just hold it up as an example of something that’s going nowhere in life.
A brick could be used as a period on a really large sentence. A blanket could be used as a really large tilde sign.
A brick could be placed in the trunk of a car manufacturer’s competitor, to increase the odds of decreasing their fuel efficiency.
A brick could be used as a musical instrument. But it would take someone as deaf as Beethoven to enjoy it.
A brick could deliver the zeitgeist through the thick skull of a politician faster than any letter or email.
A brick could be used to foretell the future. And from all indicators, 2013’s going to be a blanket of a year.
Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.
That's the test of street art - to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them.
Successful companies are started, and made successful, by at least two, and usually more, soulmates.
