#ido

Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life. ↗

— George Eliot

#love #work #life

Desire radiated from him. It radiated out into the darkness and seemed to find the four walls of this enclosing place, and he turned around waiting, waiting. "Love you?" came Guido's voice. It was so low Tonio strained forward, as if yearning for it. "Love you?" Yes..."Tonio answered. "I am in a hell of desire for you! Have you never guessed? Have you never looked beneath the coldness? Are you so blind to this suffering? In all my life I have never wooed and suffered as I have over you. But there is love and love, and I am spent trying to separate the one from the other..." "Dont' separate them!" Tonio whispered. And he reached out like a child, grasping for what he wanted. "Give it to me! Where are you? Maestro, where are you?" There seemed a rush of air, a soft shuffling of garments and steps, and he felt the near smarting touch of Guido's hands hands that in the past had only struck him, and then those arms enclosing him. And in this moment, he understood everything. But that was but the last glimmer of thought, and he knew just how it had been and how it would be, and he felt Guido's chest, and then Guido's mouth tore at him. ↗

— Anne Rice

#cry-to-heaven #guido-maffeo-tonio-treschi #life

Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax. ↗

— Mario Batali

#come #i #manhattan #michigan #relax

Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder. [p. 61] ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#men

Tom Hanks has been a huge idol of mine. I'd love to work with someone like him someday. You could learn a lot working with someone like that. ↗

— James Lafferty

#could #hanks #him #huge #i

There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#certain level #feed #idol #into #kind

'Statistically, people who have been happily married and then widowed tend to remarry. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#happily #married #people #statistically #tend

I did not want to make the widow record. I still haven't made the widow record. ↗

— Courtney Love

#haven #i #made #make #record

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#continuous #crime #even #hell #oppress

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#american #american idol #been #biggest #break