“Of course there must be lots of magic in the world but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
“You took so long I got bored.” She widened her smile, teeth showing. “Next time freshen up quicker, princess.”
― Katherine McIntyre, Poisoned Apple
“Who are these people sharing the street with me? What is going on in their worlds, inside their heads? Are they in love? If so, is it the kind that Mum and Dad have? Based on having things in common, like raspberry picking and a love of dogs, and Shakespeare, and long country walks? Or is it the knock-you-out, eat-you-up, set-you-on-fire kind of love that I have longed for-and avoided-all my life?”
― &nb...
“She wants to drive me crazy so that I’ll want her even more. She’s teasing me. That’s what women do. You ever heard of a man doing this? Course not.”
― Jack Dancer, Detour Paris
“Word of advice,” the Colonel said from the other side. “Don’t tease the zombies.”
― Peter Watts, Echopraxia
“I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat.”
― Robin Hobb, City of Dragons
“Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not.”
― Michael Shermer
“Water is healing. It is one of the main elements of life. We are more than 70% water, so we respond to it readily. It doesn’t just clean our bodies. That’s the least of it. It cleans our etheric body. That’s why almost everyone feels better after a long shower.”
― Donna Goddard, Nanima: ...
“The woman who presents herself to the spectator as a "picture" forever arranged is, for the contemplative mind, the chiefest danger.”
― Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
“I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.”
― Marie Lu, The Young Elites
“I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“This is what's beautiful about staying in a club or hotel: you're invisible, as is your neighbour.”
― Amit Chaudhuri, Friend of My Youth
“Good neighbors always spy on you to make sure you are doing well.”
― Pawan Mishra, Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
“Here I am, in a lovely hotel room, with my own bathroom. I have never experienced such incredible luxury.”
― Ellen Emerson White, Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912
“Sexual intimacy is not the destination, it is the path - the path that leads to mental union.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Civilized or Phobic: A Treatise on Homosexuality
“Oh girl....Sex IS the answer!!!
However...
It depends on the question...”
― Virginia Alison
“She's my sun and I'm her moon connected by an invisible thread, bound but free.”
― Helena Hunting, Hooking Up
“Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
“There are many good inventions on earth, some useful, some pleasing: for their sake, the earth is to be loved. And there is such a variety of well-invented things that the earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“You have to be transparent
so you no longer cast a shadow
but instead let the light pass through you.”
― Kamand Kojouri
“Careful, Love. You can't offer a starving man a feast and expect him not to take you up on it.”
― R.K. Lilley, Mile High
“I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
“Knowledge is like a mirror. It will show you where the dirty is located, but it will never remove it for you.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo
“What do you want in a woman, in life?'
I thought a moment...'The Rangers...we began to describe one another in a few simple words: El es muy bueno para cabalgar el rio. Meaning, 'He'll do to ride the river with.' In Texan, it means, 'I'd trust him with my life.'
I scratched my head. 'I want someone to ride the river with.”
― Charles Martin, 2023-07-23 09:59:01 +0000 UTC
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“Cowgirl Courage isn't the lack of fear, but the courage to take action in the face of fear.”
― J.H. Lee
“Polish the mirror of your heart
until it reflects every person's light.”
― Kamand Kojouri
“I let all the tastes play in my mouth. The cupcake was light and creamy and subtly infused with aromatic cardamom. It was covered in a luscious rose-cardamom frosting. There were rose petals in the cake and on top, red and pink. They were fragrant and sweet and the tiniest bit salty.
"Joy and sorrow. Laughter and tears," I said. "These cupcakes do taste like love. And love that you wished you still had.”
― ...
“Milkshakes bring friends together.”
― Anthony T. Hincks
“The angel said, "I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer.”
― Jonathan Carroll, The Ghost in Lov
