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“I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling.”
― Markus Zusak, Underdog

“The whole of my life I have relied on my beauty first, brains second.
It was expected, even requested. But You saw right through me from the start.
You are the only man I've ever known who has looked beyond my face and wanted to know me for me.
And I find myself wanting you to know the whole me.”
― Kristen Callihan, Firelight

“Isn't friendship amazing? At one time, our friends were just strangers to us. However, there was something special about these strangers; you felt a connection, something in common, a special bond, and your friendship began. What if, as we pass all of the ‘strangersâ€� in our lives, if we looked at these strangers as if they could be a friend? What a different world it would beâ€�.”
― James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations

“Corrigan crept up to the bar, cautiously moving around it. It looked like he was copying all the moves he’d seen in old cop movies and westerns, and doing it rather badly. He lowered the pistol. There was no one behind the bar. There was however, an open trapdoor. And that would mean the bounty hunter was - .
“Don’t move!â€� Came Beck’s distant, slightly muffled, barked order. “My turn, I think!”
― Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

“Swearing, d’Angelo entered the elevator. Fortunately, that was also still in order. When he got to the bridge, everything looked pretty ordinary â€� except for the third body of the day, which was lying spread-eagled on the deck with an almost comical look of surprise on his face. Jang was dead, although d’Angelo couldn’t see the cause, but then, he was no doctor. He sighed dismally. Now he hadn’t a navigator either. Or a crew for that matter.”
― Christina Engela, Blachart

“He’s dying!â€� Doctor Cove, one of the ship’s two medical officers told me, looking at his med-scanner as he kneeled at the broken body of the only living Corsair on the black ship. I remember the look on his face as he told me â€� which seemed more to be puzzlement than actual concern. The man was a Corsair after all, and had injuries I could see, but he was conscious, and none of them looked fatal. But then, I’m no doctor. I never was any good at healing anything â€� and my job was doing the opposite, and I admit I’m pretty good at it. Always have been.”
― Christina Engela, Space Vacation

“Large Squares, 1965 -Last Beetle
The body is much the same as the previous model, aside from increase in window size all round. Door handles and lock mechanisms also changed as well as seat and dashboard designs. Chrome beading became thinner, mounting holes for these also smaller. Chrome was later replaced by black anodizing or plastic to try and modernize the Bug. Tail light clusters changed from the oval shape to the ‘headstoneâ€� and then the ‘elephant’s footâ€� jumbo units the bug saw its last days with. In 1965 new larger windows all round. 1966 saw the last 6v bug, and also the first 1300cc motor. Those horrible little air vents behind the rear side windows came out in 1971 that caused lots of rusty bugs. Sloping headlights looked much nicer but went out in 1967.”
― Christina Engela, Bugspray

“Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got in a set-to that looked to be more about who was eyeballing whose boyfriend than who had the right to wear the same outfit that two of the ladies appeared to be wearing at the same time. Or possibly, what it was really about was who was wearing said outfit better.”
― Christina Engela, Space Vacation

“When you reduce your needs, your income and wealth multiply by default. What looked small earlier seems big now and you become a rich man in your own eyes even though your wealth remains exactly the same in numerical terms.”
― Awdhesh Singh, 31 Ways to Happiness

“Some of the Florida islands in the hurricane Ian disaster looked like war zones!”
― Steven Magee

“From a distance, the dangerous Desoto Solar Farm looked okay.”
― Steven Magee

“Once I got nutrition right, people started commenting on how good I looked for my age!”
― Steven Magee

“The workers at the Desoto Solar Farm were complaining of tiredness and were drinking lots of Mountain Dew sodas! I was constantly tired while working there and drinking lots of coffee. The inverter technician looked really sickly!”
― Steven Magee

“I received a phone text that looked like it was sent to a lover from my girlfriend. She had a story to explain it. Years later I discovered the proof of the affairs.”
― Steven Magee