cayden :D

“Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. "You know what I mean!”
― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters

“If they do," Wilbur interrupted, "we're not entirely unprepared. I've sent the conscription notices." There was a loaded pause. "You did?" Tommy didn't know if Techno sounded more impressed or indignant. "When?" "This afternoon, after my little brother looked me in the eyes and I realized just how much I have to lose.”
― blujamas, thcscus (blujamas), passerine

“Your lullaby," Wilbur sobbed, his tears hitting Tommy's cheeks. "It's the lullaby I used to play for you on my guitar, when you were younger." And just like that, everything that came before was forgiven and forgotten.”
― blujamas, thcscus (blujamas), passerine

“Nelson Mandela once said, 'If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.' He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else's language, even if it's just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, 'I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood