#bright

I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid of it, lest it should burn me up. But if you will fully love me, though there may be some fire, 'twill not be more than we can bear when moistened and bedewed with Pleasures. ↗

— John Keats

#john-keats #love-letters #non-fiction #love

When shall we pass a day alone? I have had a thousand kisses, for which with my whole soul I thank love - but if you should deny me the thousand and first - 'twould put me to the proof how great a misery I could live through. ↗

— John Keats

#john-keats #love-letters #non-fiction #love

You can map out a fight plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to your reflexes - that means your [preparation:]. That's where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, well, you're going to get found out now, under the bright lights. ↗

— Joe Frazier

#inspirational-success-failure #motivation #under-the-bright-lights #work-ethic #working-out

I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not. ↗

— Henry Alford

#bright #dark #delight #hopes #i

She said that certain facts are accessible only from one point of view--the point of view of the creature who experiences them. You think she meant that the only shoes we can ever wear are our own. Meg can’t imagine what it’s like for you to be you, she can only imagine herself being you. ↗

— Jay McInerney

#bright-lights #experience

I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright. ↗

— Harvey Ball

#bright #circle #i #made #mouth

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#chess #clever #course #eyes #felt

We're thrilled to expand our relationship, knowing that with the great team at the Music Group, Word, and Warner Bros., and with their proven record of excellence, we're looking ahead to an even brighter future for Curb. ↗

— Mike Curb

#brighter #brighter future #bros #curb #even

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#before #brighter #just #made #seems

Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. ↗

— Jane Porter

#brightness #happiness #heart #itself #kindred