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I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#love #marriage #wife #life

We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#life #life

The presence of God is the finest of rewards. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #pain #renunciation #life

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions. ↗

— George Carlin

#george-carlin #intelligence #intelligence

what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#los-angeles #wisdom #youth #life

All that running and getting nowhere, he thought. Story of my life. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #life

Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.' Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#luke-garroway #simon-lewis #life

[G]iving yourself some loving attention is not selfish. It is sensible. If you feel loved and cherished--even if it is only by yourself--then you will have more love to give to others, too. (83) ↗

— Penelope Quest

#giving #love #self-loving #selfishness #life

He reached forward to cup my cheek, the touch surprising me. "Please understand that no matter what I am or what has happened in the past, I am yours. I am devoted to you above all else, including my own life." I exhaled after holding my breath for what felt like forever. "That's pretty heavy, Will." His expression was impassioned, and the backs of his fingers brushed the side of my neck. "It is a burden I am glad to carry. ↗

— Courtney Allison Moulton

#ellie #will #ya #life