#iran

She shouldn’t have been beautiful—she was too forward, too freckled, too thin. Still… Oh, to hell with it all. He wasn’t hungry, anyway. He reached out and took her hand, drawing her to him. She drifted near, until she was close enough to kiss. Close enough for him to see the green of her eyes, widening as he turned her hand over, palm up. “There’s something I’ve wanted to do since the first moment I saw you,” he said. It came out close to a whisper. “Oh?” He could feel the puff of breath from that word against his nose. “Don’t even think of arguing.” She shook her head. Her lips opened, an impossible, inviting fraction. He set the fork in the palm of her hand and closed his fingers tightly around hers. “I want you to eat,” he said. ↗

— Courtney Milan - Unraveled

#beauty

Penulis fiksi tidak bisa menyimpan rahasia. Untuk menyampaikan pesan kepada orang lain, seorang penulis harus bisa membuka dirinya - seluas dan sedalam mungkin - untuk dicela, dicemooh dan dilihat orang. Ini resiko profesi. Fiksi adalah bentuk tulisan paling jujur yang akan pernah kau temui. Imajinasi adalah manifestasi pikiran, iman, serta ketakutan. Tiga hal yang membentuk pribadi manusia. Tanpa imajinasi, kita - penulis - tidak punya apa-apa. ~ Winter Dreams ↗

— Maggie Tiojakin

#pikiran #dreams

Why is it that when your life is at a breaking point, every freaking song on the radio relates to it. If I heard one more sad song, I was going to rip the radio out of the dash and toss it out on the road. ↗

— Jennifer Foor

#monologue #family

Commitment and family were important decisions, but so were matters of t he heart. [Monique] might not know much about politics, but she knew she couldn’t command her heart to love. And she’d never be pressured into giving herself to Eero, not to appease her family or to strengthen her brother’s political position. She’d seen all she cared to of him and his power in the short week that he pursued her and that night he’d tried to bind their powers without her consent. ↗

— Constance Phillips

#fairyproof #keiran #monique #paranormal-romance #family

Kau lahir penuh harapan dan kau memberiku sedikit harapan itu. ↗

— Fenny Wong

#harapan #keigo #kelahiran #love #family

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom. ↗

— Amaya Ellman

#broken-shells #freedom #iran #quote #survival

Orang-orang tidak bisa membelikan aku apapun yang aku mau, karena yang aku mau cuma kebebasan. ↗

— Ayu Welirang

#freedom #freedom-of-choice #kebebasan #freedom

I like Dancing of Indian girls more than my parents’ prayers . Because they dance with love and passion . But my parents just say their prayers because they got used to it . ↗

— Ali Shariati

#death #frienship #girls #god #hope

I just -- I know my own heart and I love you, Turner. And if you have even the tiniest shred of decency, you'll say something because I've said everything I possibly can, and I can't bear the silence, and -- oh for heaven's sake! Will you at least blink?" He couldn't even manage that. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#julia-quinn #miranda-cheever #nigel-bevelstoke #viscount-turner #love

Smite,” she asked softly, “do you have any idea what to say to me in a situation like this?” “Of course I do,” he retorted. “I have plenty of ideas.” He met her gaze ruefully. “Of course, they’re all wrong, and so I’m totally at sea.” She patted the cushion next to her. He crossed the room and lowered himself down. And then, because he didn’t seem inclined to do it himself, she picked up his hand and slid it around her shoulders. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#love