#always

A jolt of rage now forced him into her face, their noses almost touching. At once she was the one pulling back. “Is this yours and Fricker’s little game, Geline? To what purpose? Why not keep to the truth? It’s disgusting enough.” His voice was ragged with fury. “Why make up lies when it’s so unnecessary? I was a gambler, a prodigious drinker. I whored my way through most of London’s lower echelons. I am profoundly fortunate not to be riddled with disease.” Her mouth crimped with distaste. “Yes, indeed. Don’t want to mention that, do we? There’s a price to be paid for treating this vessel,” he tapped his chest, “without respect. As to that, we’ve both been fortunate. ↗

— Cynthia Wicklund

#evan #evangeline #lord-of-always #respect

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#always #cleverness #discovering #fuss #magical

I travel, always arriving in the same place. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#arriving #dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #place

It was crazy. One minute my arms were around him in a very platonic friendly hug, the next, I was on fire, and no matter how he much touched me, it was not enough. ↗

— Somi Ekhasomhi

#romance #romance-novels #romance-novels

It was always part of the plan to move into acting. ↗

— Aaliyah

#always #into #move #part #plan

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. ↗

— Henry Adams

#been #hatreds #organization #politics #practice

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong. ↗

— Willie Aames

#been #i #me #pretty #prove

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. ↗