#heel

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#expectations #jordan #lan #new-spring #overwhelmed

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time) ↗

— Robert Jordan

#robert-jordan #the-eye-of-the-world #wheel-of-time #men

You can't kill an idea the way they try to. You can keep it down awhile, but sooner or later it'll come out. Now what you've got to understand is that the wheel's not evil. Never mind what the scared men all tell you. no discovery is good or evil until men make it that way." -The Wheel, John Wtndham ↗

— John Wyndham

#short-stories #the-wheel #men

I, a woman, find wearing high heels agreeable only on the very rare occasion that (1) I will be ferried between destinations upon a palanquin or (2) I am going to a cocktail party and, at five feet two, don't want to spend the evening discussing the latest movies with somebody's nipples. ↗

— Lauren Collins

#height #high-heels #shoes #women #movies

There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room. It's like watching Paris from an express caboose heading in the opposite direction--every second the city gets smaller and smaller, only you feel it's really you getting smaller and smaller and lonelier and lonelier, rushing away from all those lights and excitement at about a million miles an hour. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#third-wheel #chance

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#away #drag #ears #heels #manage

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#crushed #fragrance #heel #sheds #violet

It was just so elaborate and so luxurious. We had every gadget imaginable. You know, I had the little gun that came out, and I had the little gun in the heel of the shoe. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#elaborate #every #gadget #gun #had

I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#bear #die #having #i #me

I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and heels. It's fun! ↗

— Maria Bello

#dress #fashion #fun #girl #great