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@beth-torres LOLLLLLL
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Lollll! Co-op can be…weird sometimes.
Especially today, but we don’t talk about the sharpies. Or the toilet paper. Or BobI was referring to caffeine. 🤣
I love the Green Ember! And Calvin and Hobbes!
😂
The squirrels are collecting more nuts than usual this winter. I've already lost 3 relatives.
@theducktator lolllll that’s good
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Ah, Wingfeather! I love Wingfeather saga!
“I’m prepared to die by getting caught,” he whispered, “but not by heart attack because of you two idiots creeping up on me like that.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember’s End“He had always been wise enough to see and bold enough to act, now he was becoming brave enough to hope.”
― S.D. Smith, The Black Star of Kingston“But she was brave, like you. She chose to trade her life for the cause. Heather placed more weight on the hope of the mending than she put value on her own life. That’s how I want to live. And die, if I must.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember’s End“I like you, Shanks. You remind me of me – well, me a long time ago.’ ‘That’s pretty insulting,’ Jo said, ‘but I’ve heard worse.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember’s End“We are Prince Winslow’s bucks, all of us.”
“We aren’t,” Helmer said flatly. “I’d like to take his head off.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember Rising“She’s alive?” Emma exclaimed, tears in her eyes.
“Yes,” Mrs. Weaver said, smiling. “She’s been alive her whole life.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember Falls“I waked up this morning from dreams about feets, sniffed big-time major breeze of life and hoped with all my hopes that this day might be filled with stinky feets to examine. It’s a dream coming truth.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember“May the Ancient Author bless and keep you. May the Holy Hero be your rescuer forever. May the Story find you, through every painful passage, at home with him in the end. May you delight in his love and exalt in his victory then. May you always aspire to live as a character you admire. May you know the delight of finding out that the Story isn’t mainly about you. May you know and love the truth and be brave to obey it. May you make a hard dart at the darkness with whatever light you bring, reflecting, like the moon, a light far brighter than your own. May God give you joy!”
― S.D. Smith, Ember’s End“What is the duty of a king?” he asked. “To serve. To do rightly. To be first into danger and last out. To rule so that those under his rule are as free and good as they can possibly be.” “True. All of that is true.” Whitson squeezed his son close, and his voice dropped lower. “He must also inspire them to follow, if he can. He must invite them to follow, if he cannot inspire them. And if he can do neither, he must insist that they follow.”
― S.D. Smith, Prince Lander and the Dragon WarMan is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
Ahhh, Green Ember. It’s so wonderfully good.
First Grand Historian of Arreth and the Lesser Realms (aka Kitty)
Fork the Gork@the_lost-journal @ellette-giselle Wingfeather Saga and The Green Ember are wonderful stories with a lot of great quotes!
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@Elishavet-Pidyon Here’s some Natan quotes!
A wiry skeleton of a man crossed the courtyard between them. Strolled, actually, as if he couldn’t hear the shots whizzing overhead. They both stared in wonder.
“He’s either deaf,” whispered Anthony, “or he’s absolutely crazy.”
~Brother Enemy; Promise of Zion by Robert Elmer
“That’s it.” Anthony snapped his fingers and put down his fork. Everyone looked at him. “I’ve been trying since Dov first mentioned you to figure out why your name seemed oddly familiar. You helped three Irgun terrorists escape Acre Prison last month, didn’t you? Natan Israeli. You’re a wanted man.”
The cat purred, but no one else dared speak.
A small grin played at the corners of Natan’s mouth.
~Brother Enemy; Promise of Zion by Robert Elmer
“It’s just they’re the only people who make sense to me.”
“What, including me?”
“Especially including you.”
“Thanks a lot.” But the bite was gone from Natan’s words.
~Brother Enemy; Promise of Zion by Robert Elmer
First Grand Historian of Arreth and the Lesser Realms (aka Kitty)
Fork the Gork*dissolves into a jumble of joy bubbles*
It’s the little Natan boy! Awwwww.
Another great example on how to make a character sympathetic, despite being “cold as the alps.” XD
Also one of the worst heartbreaks I’ve had over a character. Thank you for reminding me.
*sniff*
You have listened to fears, child. Come, let me breathe on you... Are you brave again? -Aslan
“In this story, the sun moves. In this story, every night meets a dawn and burns away in the bright morning. In this story, Winter can never hold back the Spring… He is the best of all possible audiences, the only Audience to see every scene, the Author who became a Character and heaped every shadow on Himself. The Greeks were right. Live in fear of a grinding end and a dank hereafter. Unless you know a bigger God, or better yet, are related to Him by blood.”
― N.D. Wilson, Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World“Writer’s block — so what? Write something bad. Just throw it in the trash can when you’re done, you’re always improving. That kind of writing is like doing a bunch of push-ups. Every individual push-up is not the important thing. On Tuesday you’re going to think, “Is it really important that I do it today?” No, but the collective impact is. If you write every day, you will improve.”
― N.D. Wilson“Son,” his father said. “Run faithfully to the end, and like all good men, you will die of having lived.”
― N.D. Wilson, The Drowned Vault“In the history of the world there have been lots of onces and lots of times, and every time has had a once upon it.
Most people will tell you that the once upon a time happened in a land far, far away, but it really depends on where you are. The once upon a time may have been just outside your back door. It may have been beneath your very feet. It might not have been in a land at all but deep in the sea’s belly or bobbing around on its back.”
― N.D. Wilson, Leepike Ridge“Life is a story. Why do we die? Because we live. Why do we live? Because our Maker opened His mouth and began to tell a story.”
― N.D. Wilson, Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent“Do not fear the shadowy places. You will never be the first one there. Another went ahead and down until He came out the other side.”
― N.D. Wilson, Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God’s Spoken World“Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others…”
― N.D. Wilson, Dandelion Fire(This one gives me chills!!!)
“God is a God of galaxies, of storms, of roaring seas and boiling thunder, but He is also the God of bread baking, of a child’s smile, of dust motes in the sun. He is who He is, and always shall be. Look around you now. He is speaking always and everywhere. His personality can be seen and known and leaned upon. The sun is belching flares while mountains scrape our sky while ants are milking aphids on their colonial leaves and dolphins are laughing in the surf and wheat is rippling and wind is whipping and a boy is looking into the eyes of a girl while mortals are dying.”
― N.D. Wilson, Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be SpentMan is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
That last one is so beautiful.
The squirrels are collecting more nuts than usual this winter. I've already lost 3 relatives.
I KNOW!
The way it builds up and up and then hits that beautiful climax!!!! oh i love it!
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
“And Jo,” Perk said, “is probably over there dreaming about getting his poor little arm wrapped.”
Jo, who hadn’t been sleeping but was still lying down, shot up and threw off his blanket. “I am not!”
― S.D. Smith, Ember Falls“May your intelligent scout, and infallible guide…not lead you to lose your fluffy backside.”
― S.D. Smith, The First Fowler“They call me Hadley,” he said, touching his temple.
“Why do they call you that?” she asked.
“Because,” he whispered conspiratorially, “it’s my name.”
― S.D. Smith, Ember Rising“It sounds lovely,” Mrs. Weaver said. “I especially enjoyed the part where he kicked dirt in your eyes.”
― S.D. Smith, The Green Ember“Heather’s jaw hung open.
“Heather, please be a good young lady and latch that trap of yours. I’m not a doctor, and looking down your throat, as nice as it is, isn’t on my list of things I prefer to do today.”
Heather shut her mouth.”
― S.D. Smith“They’ll say ‘Jump!’ and we’ll say, ‘Into which wolf trap should we blindly bound?”
― S.D. Smith, The First Fowler“I want to be like that,” Jo said. “I want to give with no expectation of return. I want to fight with no regard to recognition. I want to be someone I would admire if—”
“If you weren’t you,” Slimmo said.Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
@ellette-giselle green ember quotes!!
ngl I love the writing in that series. It’s the perfect balance of serious and funny sometimes.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
Oh yeah!
I love green ember so much!!!
Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God
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