#jacob

So I got on with the business of lawyering away at the evidence. Minimizing it. Defending Jacob. ↗

— William Landay

#evidence #mystery #business

I just don't trust people who have bodies that change with their moods. Well then you'll never trust the opposite sex again. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#josie #change

Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young. ↗

— John Webster

#jacobean-tragedy #murder #youth #death

The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#family

I wrote about the person I love most, my older brother, Noah. We don't live together so I wrote what I imagine he does when we're not together." "And what is that?" prodded the stout man. "He's a superhero who saves people in danger, because he saved me and my brother from dying in a fire a couple of years ago. Noah is better than Batman." The crowd chuckled. "I love you, too, lil'bro. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#katie-mcgarry #little-brother #noah-hutchins #pushing-the-limits #sweet

But as for me:I must ask the wounded man where he is hurt, because I cannot become the wounded man. The only wounded man I can I can be is me. ↗

— John Green

#inspirational

But it's possible to love more than one person at a time, Bella. I've seen it in action. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#love

We don't even love each other. I do a bit, you know. You do what a bit? You know. Like you...whatever...love you a bit. I think I kind of love you too. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#josie #love

It’s not like love at first sight, really. It’s more like… gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it’s not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her. And you would do anything for her, be anything for her… You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that’s a protector, or a lover, or a friend, or a brother. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#obsession #love

Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee? ↗

— Justina Chen

#jacob #joy-of-life #justina-chen-headley #north-of-beautiful #beauty