“
Basketball Rule #1
In this game of life
your family is the court
and the ball is your heart.
No matter how good you are,
no matter how down you get,
always leave
your heart
on the court.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough.
The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.
”
”
Rick Riordan (The Son of Sobek (Demigods & Magicians, #1))
“
Basketball rule #3
Never let anyone
lower your goals.
Others’ expectations
of you are determined
by their limitations
of life.
The sky is your limit, sons.
Always shoot
for the sun
and you will shine.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Basketball Rule #4
If you miss
enough of life's
free throws
you will pay
in the end.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
…You’re throwing us away because you’re afraid to let yourself fall in love. You’re searching for something that isn’t real. You’re not Eric Stone. He’s your protagonist. Eric Stone is make-believe and life isn’t an adventure novel.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Awkward. Sorry."
"Don't be," Sadie said. "I'll rather enjoy bashing my brother's face in.
”
”
Rick Riordan (The Staff of Serapis (Demigods & Magicians, #2))
“
Basketball Rule #5
When
you stop
playing
your game
you've already
lost.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
There can be tremendous loneliness in the crossover to a soul-centered life. Walking through uncharted territory often means walking alone. This is particularly true in the transition stages before we find a conscious soulpod. It can be like primary school all over again—who will be my first real friends?
”
”
Jeff Brown (Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation)
“
Basketball Rule #10
A loss is inevitable,
like snow in winter.
True champions
learn
to dance
through
the storm.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Bullies don't like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Do you think that people ever really do believe they will die, that the world will just go along as always without them? I wonder if we aren't all a little surprised at the moment of crossover, if we don't look back over our shoulders saying, Now hold on.
”
”
Elizabeth Berg (The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: Stories)
“
On any other day, being fired would rank pretty high on Karlee’s stress-o-meter. But today wasn’t any other day. Inhaled into Shade’s memory, Karlee watch her friend dropped from a cliff. She still hadn’t processed it. Shade likely died from her injuries. That meant Shad had been murdered.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
A selfish man would never visit a comatose woman every day for two months. He wouldn’t have done what was best for everyone involved, or given an employee a proper burial. These are the acts of a loving man––a man who cared too much.”
“What are you saying?”
“Sara’s my biological mother.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
THOSE WHO SAID IT CAN'T BE DONE...SHOULDN'T GET IN MY WAY WHILE I'M DOING IT!
”
”
Rosetta D. Hoessli (Falling Through Ice)
“
I brought a few old photos of Villageport. I didn’t know you were blind. I hoped you could put some names to the pictures.”
“Eyes aren’t the only way to see, young lady.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Talk about delusional. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. His mother’s doctor reported she’d recently been plagued by wild imaginings, too. Make believe ran in his family. He was nuttier than a jar of peanut butter.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Basketball Rule #6
A great team
has a good scorer
with a teammate
who's on point
and ready
to assist.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Whatever you did to make that sweet little cheerleader out on your deck ignore you so completely. Do me a favor and give her my number when you call it quits. She could use a little of the Jim-meister’s lovin’.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Do you think she’s crossed over? I mean, I’ve always wanted her to figure things out, but I never expected her to cross over the very instant she remembered. What if she’s gone?”
“We’ll celebrate.”
Still, she kept quiet. “I know it’s difficult to believe, but something is going on. Sara is not like this. She would never do anything to hurt me. I didn’t even say good-bye.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Talking to spirits is how you free them. Listening to them is how you help them crossover.
”
”
Zak Bagans
“
Basketball Rule #2 (random text from Dad)
Hustle dig
Grind push
Run fast
Change pivot
Chase pull
Aim shoot
Work smart
Live smarter
Play hard
Practice harder
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
She watched the clip several times—enough times to know w certainty her father had nothing to do with the crash. He’d done everything in his power to stop the car and avoid the truck. Someone else had been driving.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Basketball Rule #7
Rebounding
is the art
of anticipating,
of always being prepared
to grab it.
But you can't
drop the ball.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
The poems
were cool.
The best ones were
like bombs,
and when all the right words
came together
it was like an explosion.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
It seemed her biological father was a saint.
Except for the one mistake, the man who didn’t make mistakes, made.
Her.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
Never let anyone lower your goals. Others' expectations of you are determined my their limitations of life. The sky is your limit, sons. Always shoot for the sun, and you will shine.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Marriage isn’t a prison,” Karlee said. “It’s not supposed to hold two people captive.”
“It’s not a prison, it’s a fortress. Marry me. Because you love me. Because of the baby. Because you want to protect our love.”
“And all this time I thought you were afraid of commitment.”
“I am,” Cole said. “I’m terrified you won’t make one.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
I think being an adult must be confusing as hell.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
Books are fun, Nicholas, he says,
they're like
amusement parks
for readers.
Yeah, well, maybe
they would be fun
if I got to pick
the rides
sometimes, you answer
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
I don’t want to leave. I’m not sure how to carry on without you. We’ve always been together.
“And that will never change. You’ll still be able to watch over me and keep me safe.”
I’m not going to say goodbye then. See you later?
“You bet,” Karlee said. “But not for another sixty years or so.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
You will only know the road, until you have travel on it.
”
”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
In Vietnam, the statistically minded war managers focused, above all, on the notion of achieving a “crossover point”: the moment when American soldiers would be killing more enemies than their Vietnamese opponents could replace.
”
”
Nick Turse (Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam)
“
Well, no. I'm not saying I'm not enjoying this immensely. She feels heavenly in my arms. Fits perfectly. And if we are fated, the least you can do is let me hold her." Jasper to Dodge (Crossover)
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
Own the sadness, don’t let it own you.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Rebound (The Crossover Series))
“
In this life, rain’s gonna fall, but the sun will shine again,
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Rebound (The Crossover Series))
“
Basketball Rule #9
When the game is on
the line,
don't fear.
Grab the ball.
Take it
to the hoop.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
tricks are for kids,
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Basketball Rule #8
Sometimes
you have to
lean back
a little
and
fade away
to get
the best
shot.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
...it's
just one miss, but
you're gonna have
a whole lotta makes
in this life, 'cause you're just
that good, and it's okay
to be down
and upset
as long as
you're not down
and out
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5))
“
I mean, that was the code, wasn’t it? Single girls and taken guys weren’t allowed to be friends. The leash always got in the way.
”
”
Carrie Butler (Strength (Mark of Nexus, #1))
“
If they've managed to bring more firepower than us, we deserve to lose. But we aren't going to lose, because we're the Page sisters and we're librarians.
”
”
Bill Willingham (Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover)
“
Sometimes it’s the things that aren’t said that kill you.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Yes, and our kid brother Superhero has died so many times that the readers barely even notice anymore.
”
”
Bill Willingham (Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover)
“
He's no longer listening to music,
but his tears are loud enough
to dance to.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
You are the embodiment of greed. You’re all that’s left of a malevolent creature some call a windigo. You’re gluttony, decay and death.
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
He switched off the car and spun.
The woman disappeared.
He flipped forward and saw the reflection. The woman stuck out her tongue.
“What the hell?” Cole said. “I want answers and I want them now.”
“Answers about what?”
“I’ve been watching you watching her, all day long,” he said. “Don’t deny it.”
“What exactly are you saying?” Karlee jerked her head forward, and her mouth fell open.
He felt like a crazy fool. “You know what I’m talking about. The... uh...thing that is sitting in the back seat of this car?
”
”
Diane L. Kowalyshyn (Crossover (Cross your Heart and Die, #1))
“
When you have bewitched or assassinated the unwelcome, whoever remains,
however useless & boring, must be the only audience you still have left!"
-- Warlock Holmes, the Cumber-Batching Speech
Not only my advisers considered the quote above the best I got done at all on the Sherlock Crossover now lying in my failed projects folder...
”
”
Andrè M. Pietroschek (Attempted Poetry)
“
Sometimes it's the things that aren't said that kill you" -Josh
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Did y’all arrest Uncle Bob’s turkey? It was just criminal what he did to that bird, wasn’t it? You
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Never let anyone lower your goals. Others' expectations of you are determined by their limitations of life.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
It does not take a math genius to understand that when you subtract a mother from the equation what remains is negative.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
A loss is inevitable, like snow in winter. True champions learn to dance through the storm.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Many people make their way to user experience by crossing over from an adjacent field. These crossovers are the people who are carrying UX forward, taking it to new levels and new organizations.
”
”
Leah Buley (The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide)
“
There should be a Stage IV of black identity—Unmitigated Blackness. I’m not sure what Unmitigated Blackness is, but whatever it is, it doesn’t sell. On the surface Unmitigated Blackness is a seeming unwillingness to succeed. It’s Donald Goines, Chester Himes, Abbey Lincoln, Marcus Garvey, Alfre Woodard, and the serious black actor. It’s Tiparillos, chitterlings, and a night in jail. It’s the crossover dribble and wearing house shoes outside. It’s “whereas” and “things of that nature.” It’s our beautiful hands and our fucked-up feet. Unmitigated Blackness is simply not giving a fuck. Clarence Cooper, Charlie Parker, Richard Pryor, Maya Deren, Sun Ra, Mizoguchi, Frida Kahlo, black-and-white Godard, Céline, Gong Li, David Hammons, Björk, and the Wu-Tang Clan in any of their hooded permutations. Unmitigated Blackness is essays passing for fiction. It’s the realization that there are no absolutes, except when there are. It’s the acceptance of contradiction not being a sin and a crime but a human frailty like split ends and libertarianism. Unmitigated Blackness is coming to the realization that as fucked up and meaningless as it all is, sometimes it’s the nihilism that makes life worth living. Sitting
”
”
Paul Beatty (The Sellout)
“
You love me? Like summer loves short nights. Get a checkup, then. Only cure I need is you. I’m serious about this, Chuck. Only doctor I need is Dr. Crystal Bell. Now come here . . . And then there is silence, so I put the pillow over my head because when they stop talking, I know what that means. Uggghh!
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
What's Shlova?"
He started behind me. "When did I say that?"
"This morning, when we started off. Before you got mad at Dodge. You said,'we better get going, Shlova'."
"Oh. Well, it means love." His voice was quiet.
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
The forced conversation. The requisite swapping of biographical details, the desperate trawl for some crossover. Anything to distract from the basic commerce of the transaction, the deception at its heart: as if any of this would make you more attractive, would even out the unfairness of how beauty or privilege was handed out.
”
”
Emma Cline (Rewards)
“
One second she’s all timid, and then reeoowr! Hellcat.
”
”
Carrie Butler (Strength (Mark of Nexus, #1))
“
All because I fell in love with a madman.
”
”
Carrie Butler (Strength (Mark of Nexus, #1))
“
Who can gauge all the ways in which the Gods who've created you craft your life?
”
”
Bill Willingham (Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover)
“
In this game of life your family is the court and the ball is your heart. No matter how good you are, no matter how down you get, always leave your heart on the court.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
If you let me in, I’ll make sure you never worry about anything. All I want is for you to be happy, Em. I’ve waited a long time for this. I’m not goin’ to let it go.
”
”
Corinne Michaels (Say You Won't Let Go (Masters & Mercenaries Crossover Collection; The Hennington Brothers, #3.5))
“
Always shoot for the sun and you will shine.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
It was as if this early promiscuous mingling of races and ideas, modes of dress and ways of living, was something that was on no one’s agenda and suited nobody’s version of events. All sides seemed, for different reasons, to be slightly embarrassed by this moment of crossover, which they preferred to pretend had never happened. It is, after all, always easier to see things in black and white.
”
”
William Dalrymple (White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India)
“
We all have our own road to walk. Whether rocky, curving, straight or smooth, what good is a lonely road? It’s when we run and intersect with other roads that defines our road. When road meets road do we get direction, and choices to cross into another life.
”
”
Anthony Liccione
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
It's just hard to love someone who cancels the cable right before the Walking Dead marathon.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover, #2))
“
I’m not telling you to get married. I’m telling you to get railed.
”
”
Dilan Dyer (Cinderella Is Faking It (Princess Crossover, #1))
“
Don’t let the horrible nature of the waters prevent you from crossing the rivers of life. The more horrible the challenges we face, the sweeter the joy of conquering them.
”
”
Israelmore Ayivor (Leaders' Ladder)
“
More than anything in this world or the one you just came from," he whispered. "That's how much I love you.
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
Finally I am dying. And breathing deeply for the first time, I see traces of God in everything.
”
”
DJ Kadagian (The Crossover Experience: Life After Death / A New Perspective)
“
you don’t let us out, I’m going to pound you!
”
”
Dave Villager (Dave the Villager and Surfer Villager: Crossover Crisis, Book Two: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure)
“
When you stop playing your game you’ve already lost.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
Bullies don’t like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Booked (The Crossover Series))
“
Cooper is everything I want and nothing I should have.
And the truth is that I’m falling in love with him.
If I’m honest with myself, I have been for a long time.
”
”
Corinne Michaels (Say You Won't Let Go (Masters & Mercenaries Crossover Collection; The Hennington Brothers, #3.5))
“
Don’t you see I need to be here so they can fix the damage that’s been done to my heart? Who’s gonna fix the damage that’s been done to mine?
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
I can't lose you," he whispered. "The thought of you getting hurt, or worse..." His voice caught in his throat. He took a deep breath then turned and looked down at me. "I finally just found you.
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
Isn't it interesting how some life-changing devastations are actually like the crossover switches on train tracks that take you in a totally new direction, often forcing you onto the path you were supposed to be on all along?
”
”
Bart Millard (I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir)
“
Most of our fan experiences include many touching moments. There are even fans who have told us that our music saved their lives and that is very powerful to hear and to realize, that our music can make such a profound difference.
”
”
Stjepan Hauser
“
Daddy and I left the End this morning. He is meeting with some of the leaders in Capitol City and he said I could come with him. But, the meetings were boring, so I thought I’d come see you guys.” “You mean, make fun of me, don’t you?” Jimmy said bitterly, crossing his arms in front of his chest and pouting. Princes Tina giggled. “It’s just so easy to do that.
”
”
Dr. Block (Dave the Villager and Surfer Villager: Crossover Crisis, Book One: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure (Dave Villager and Dr. Block Crossover, #1))
“
is a MYTHical MANchild Of rather dubious distinction Always AGITATING COMBINATING and ELEVATING his game He dribbles fakes then takes the ROCK to the glass, fast, and on BLAST But watch out when he shoots or you’ll get SCHOOLed FOOLed UNCOOLed ’Cause when FILTHY gets hot He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT It’s Dunkalicious CLASSY Supersonic SASSY and D O W N right in your face mcNASTY
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover (The Crossover, #1))
“
I’ve waited a long time to feel this way. To not give a shit about kissin’ a girl in the middle of wherever we are. To want nothing but to wrap my arms around her any chance I get. I’ve waited a long time for you, Emily. I’m not sure I’ll be able to let you go.
”
”
Corinne Michaels (Say You Won't Let Go (Masters & Mercenaries Crossover Collection; The Hennington Brothers, #3.5))
“
We're not arguing about it, Shawn. We're staying."
Shawn stared at her with narrowed eyes. Jasper burst out laughing. I elbowed him.
"What's so funny?"
"You. Both of you. Do they raise you to be like that? By the moons, I feel sorry for every man that lives over there!
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
Note: Some strategies that will be mentioned here are a bit advanced. However, just knowing them can help you form the basis of your research in making money through forex trading. *The Daily Fibonacci Pivot Strategy *Overlapping Fibonacci trade *The Forex Dual Stochastic trade *The Blade Runner Trading *Pop ‘n’ Stop trades *The blade runner reversal *Relative Strength Index Strategy (RS *The Williams Percent Range Indicator Strategy (Williams %R) *The Moving Average Convergence Divergence Strategy (MACD) *The Turtle Trading Strategy *The Crossover of Moving Averages Strategy *The Moving Averages Strategy
”
”
Anonymous
“
You know, Chuck,
You're not always gonna swish.
You gonna miss some.
Heck, you gonna miss a lot.
That's the way the rel world works.
But you gotta grab the ball and
keep shooting. You understand?
I tell you what, though,
you'll make a lot more
than you miss if
you're not always going for
the flash
and flair.
”
”
Kwame Alexander (Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5))
“
I may have said that stories can have a multitude of false starts. But now that I think about it, I'm not sure there's any such thing. It's sort of like the best comics — frames burst into one another, and colours bleed between lines, and the richness of a universe is only fully graspable when you understand the prequels and crossovers and spin-offs and stuff. Like the superhero stories that veer through a thousand different incarnations, with no beginning or end. It's possible that this is a rubbish metaphor. My point is, most stories can only start when you place yourself in them.
And I think I'm ready, finally, to draw myself in mine.
”
”
Melissa Keil (The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl)
“
Most importantly, they’re delicious,” Carl said. “I bet you’ve never had one the way I can make it: with sour cream and chives.” Mom winked at him. Carl snorted. “The best filling for a baked potato is a second baked potato, but I’m willing to give this ‘skewer cream’ thing a try. Potatoes are awesome no matter how you have them.
”
”
Pixel Ate (Multiverse Tournament of Champions: Book 1: An Unofficial Minecraft Crossover Series)
“
I tend to forget how important she is." Jasper looked into his brother's brown eyes and remembered when they had sat and talked when they were young. "I mean, I know how important she is to me. If something were to happen to her, I may as well let the same happen to me. But it's easy to forget why she is here. That she didn't just come back to make me happy.
”
”
Mireille Chester (Crossover (The Chosen One Trilogy, #1))
“
My hopes for pie died on the sidewalk. There went my grin.
”
”
Carrie Butler (Strength (Mark of Nexus, #1))
“
Boys with no self-control become men behind bars" -Crystal
”
”
Kwame Alexander (The Crossover)
“
Nice to meet ya, human. I’m Wraith.” The demon grinned, flashing vicious-looking fangs. “And I’ll be your guide to the nightmares that live in your brain.
”
”
Larissa Ione (Her Guardian Angel (Demonica Underworld, #6; Demonica, #17; Masters & Mercenaries Crossover Collection))
“
I was a big believer in bags-within-bags. So, I had a blue pouch for pens, a pink pouch for emergency meds and band-aids, an orange polka dot pouch for cereal bars and chewing gum…
”
”
Dilan Dyer (Cinderella Is Faking It (Princess Crossover, #1))
“
Nine years ago, my sister handed me a paperback she had picked up in an airport shop on her way to India. It was a gloomy-looking book, with a black an white photo of a steam train approaching through fog on the cover. Cutting across the top of the photo was . . . an author's name I did not know: J.K. Rowling. I began to read the novel and by page three, I was hooked.
”
”
Rachel Falconer (The Crossover Novel: Contemporary Children's Fiction and Its Adult Readership)
“
Nintendo not letting itself make a browser Mario game has not stopped a flash flood of in-browser Mario games. Super Mario Flash, New Super Mario Bros. Flash, Infinite Mario, and the amazing Super Mario Crossover, which lets you play the original SMB games using characters from Castlevania, Excitebike, Ninja Gaidan, and more. (If you like that, try Abobo's Big Adventure.) There are free (and unlicensed) Mario games where he rides a motorbike, takes a shotgun to the Mushroom Kingdom, decides to fight with his fists, is replaced by Sonic, replaces Pac-Man in a maze game, and plays dress-up. They receive no admonition from Nintendo's once-ferocious legal department. Why not? Iwata's explanation is commonsensical: "[I]t would not be appropriate if we treated people who did someone based on affection for Nintendo as criminals." This is also why no one has been told by lawyers to stop selling Wario-as-a-pimp T-shirts.
”
”
Jeff Ryan (Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America)
“
This is Declan.”
Declan nodded. “Mr…Reaper.”
Azagoth grunted. “So you’re the human who stole my daughter from me.”
“I didn’t steal her from you, sir.” Declan wrapped his arm around her shoulder and held her tight against his big chest. “She’ll always be your daughter. I’m just here to worship her.
”
”
Larissa Ione (Her Guardian Angel (Demonica Underworld, #6; Demonica, #17; Masters & Mercenaries Crossover Collection))
“
Baked potatoes,” said Carl. “Baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes, baked potatoes.
”
”
Pixel Ate (Multiverse Tournament of Champions: Book 1: An Unofficial Minecraft Crossover Series)
“
In relation to “Killing Me Softly,” I was surely a poseur, the kind of coward to whom crossover albums were marketed or, worse yet, someone co-opting someone else’s bad experience. And yet, now, in the Tower Records, I understood that there was a sense in which “Killing Me Softly” was just a song—it itself wasn’t the cursive font in which the titles were printed, which made me think of a tattoo, and caused me to feel sheltered and useless. I ended up buying the cassette single, because it was only two dollars, and because it seemed more honest about just being into the most popular song on the album.
”
”
Elif Batuman (Either/Or)
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The Reverse Motte & Bailey Trojan Horse strategy involves three elements. First, unlike the Motte & Bailey, a motte (uncontroversial) position is proposed by one or multiple Woke participants. Second, the motte position is usually inserted through the use of a Woke crossover word. Third, once the Woke crossover word has been accepted and integrated into the situation (this can take a long time), it is then maintained by the Woke participant(s) that the correct interpretation of the crossover word is the extreme Critical Social Justice meaning. As such, the Trojan horse is the Woke crossover word, which goes unnoticed until the overt advance is made.
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Charles Pincourt (Counter Wokecraft: A Field Manual for Combatting the Woke in the University and Beyond)
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Crossover' is a word scientists use to describe dolphins' soaring over seas, their traveling so free and fast, so high-spirited and almost effervescent that their sleek bodies barely skim the waves. The suggestion of splashes from tail and pectoral leaves a luminous wake across the water. For these crossover miles, the dolphins, like their human terrestrial mammal kin, belong more to the element of air than the sea....
Held in [the dolphins'] fluid embrace, I pulled my arms close against my sides and our communal speed increased... Racing around the lagoon, I opened my eyes again to see nothing but an emerald underwater blur. And then I remembered what I had either forgotten long ago or never quite fully realized. This feeling of being carried along by other animals was familiar.
Animals had carried me all my life. I was a crossover--carried along in the generous and instructive slipstream of other species. And I had always navigated my life with them in mind, going between the human and animal worlds--a crossover myself. By including animals in my life I was always engaging with the Other, imagining the animal mind and life. For almost half a century, my bond with animals had shaped my character and revealed the world to me. At every turning point in my life an animal had mirrored or influenced my fate. Mine was not simply a life with other animals, but a life because of animals.
It had been this way since my beginning, born on a forest lookout station in the High Sierras, surrounded by millions of acres of wilderness and many more animals than humans. Since infancy, the first faces I imprinted, the first faces I ever really loved, were animal.
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Brenda Peterson (Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals)