#apart

The Ed Hardy man is confident with a strong sense of personal style. He is not afraid to be seen and take risks. He enjoys comfort and flexible style, yet he wants to stand apart from the crowd. ↗

— Christian Audigier

#apart #comfort #confident #crowd #ed

Things fall apart. But things don't just fall apart. People break them. ↗

— Robin Wasserman

#break #fall #inspirational #things #inspirational

Getting all emotionally wrapped up in made-up people's lives gives me a chance to take a break from my own life [...]. ↗

— Arlaina Tibensky

#books #characters #emotions #reading #life

...because being a smart-ass is always preferable to being a dumb-ass. ↗

— Arlaina Tibensky

#humor #life #life

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be. ↗

— Stephanie Laurens

#demon-cynster #longing #love #romance #love

‎"Then, winking at him, I passed my tongue over the top, and all around the ice cream at the rim of the cone, filling my whole mouth and, just to look sexy, also licking the tips of my fingers. Then I came around the counter, swaying my hips real pretty, and steadying myself over the wobbly high heels. I came right up to him, and before he could guess what kind of trouble I had cooked up in my head, I kissed him—so sweet and so long—on his lips, to the shouts and outcries of the offended customer..." Anita, in Apart From Love ↗

— Uvi Poznansky

#love

The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#things-fall-apart #religion

They're Lares. House gods." "House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#house-gods #lares #mythology #real-gods #rome

There's no fear in a shallow heart because the shallow heart is faint and don't fall apart, But feeling hearts that truly care are fragile to the flow of air. ↗

— Q-tip

#care #fall-apart #feeling #flow #fragile

Amy wondered if Bonaparte could declare war on Miss Gwen alone without breaking his peace with England ↗

— Lauren Willig

#historical-fiction #lauren-willig #spy #historical-fiction