#feather

Tis not your time, my love,” he whispered. “You will not die tonight.” “Never,” I said to him, “for I have been blessed by Death’s Eternal Kiss. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella-s-imagination #seduction-and-scandal #death

Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. ↗

— John Cleveland

#break #bred #feather #flint #love

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa! ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#boa #democracy #feather #hear #i

I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather. ↗

— Javier Perez de Cuellar

#feather #feel #free #free man #i

You kissed me, and I opened my eyes and thought you were Death. You were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I clung to the memory of you because it gave me comfort—the only bit of happiness I had ever had. You were my secret fantasy, my lover. My story… Lord Death is you, and the woman he stalks…is me.” “Why have you come,” he asked, “when you now know the truth?” “Because when you saved me, you forged a link between us. I don’t believe it will ever break.” “Bella,” he whispered, “I couldn’t allow you to take your life. Couldn’t bear the thought of existing in a world that you did not. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella #jude #seduction-and-scandal #beauty

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#ear #feather #intellect #laws #limit

Coaches will do what they can but it doesn't necessarily bother me. You are an international referee for a reason. If things like that are going to ruffle your feathers, don't bother doing the job. ↗

— Alan Lewis

#coaches #doing #feathers #going #international

Birds of a lawless, bigoted feather bully together. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#birds #bully #feather #lawless #together

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#does #feathers #make #sticking #up

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back. ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#criticism #duck #feathers #keep #off