#bat

For marriage is like life in this—that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#bed-of-roses #love #marriage #matrimony #war

Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#battle #love #reason #surrender #love

You're not celibate, then?" I breathe. Amusement lights up his eyes. "No, Anastasia, I'm not celibate. ↗

— E.L. James

#anastasia #anastasia-steele #celibate #christian #christian-grey

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#fighting #gurney-halleck #practice #preparation #training

If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#masturbation #rambling #love

Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#attacks #communities #everyday #exacerbated #families

How I love thee... ↗

— Cecilia Dart-Thorntonilia Dart-Thornton

#love

Sex without love is nothing more than a complex form of masturbation. ↗

— August Clearwing

#masturbation #sex #love

Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#love #suffering #truth #love

The Paperbats book. Successful publication release with 30 books downloaded in first day and a half. "This delightful childrens' book has just been published on smashwords, where it can be read for free! I invite you to enjoy a lovely story with yany young children. ↗

— Jerry Evans

#bed-time-story #childrens-books #parks #love