#lei

What we call the 'just possible' is sometimes true and the thing we find it easier to believe is grossly false. ↗

— George Eliot

#life

You might be the cruelest person I’ve ever met,” he said in a conversational tone. “What?” I gasped. “My first wife killed herself. Took me centuries to get over it and love again, yet you weren’t going to mention that you might be compelled to slay yourself in front of me. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#vlad #love

We cannot always cry at the right time and who is to say which time is right? ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#madeleine-l-engle #poetry #right-time #love

Do you speak Gaelic Noah? she suddenly asked. His heart clenched. It actually hurt, as though spikes of steel had been dug into it. should I? Maybe not... ↗

— Lora Leigh

#lora-leigh #nathan-malone #noah-blake #sabella #sad-love

She couldn't turn away from the eyes that held her. Eyes as deep, as Dark as the night, yet there was something that sparked with warmth, that kept those eyes from being cold. ↗

— Lora Leigh

#lora-leigh #love-at-first-sight #lovers #micah #risa

Gaden tog imod mig. Da ingen andre ville have mig med alle de fejl, jeg havde, så omfavnede gaden mig. Den omfavnede mig som et helt menneske, et grimt menneske, et ufuldendt menneske, men dog et menneske. Hvor andre sagde monster og uden for pædagogisk rækkevidde, sagde gaden velkommen min broder. ↗

— Olav Hergel

#menneske #sleiman #men

De var faste i troen på, at alle, der ikke var med dem, var imod dem. [..] 'Jeg så mig selv som en frihedskæmper i en kamp for mig og mine venner. Hver for sig var vi svage individer. Men når vi stod sammen, blev vi en stærk helhed. ↗

— Olav Hergel

#helhed #sleiman #stærk #svag #men

Why do men feel threatened by women? ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#men

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#money

Yes, but you are still only human.” I laughed, the sound of it drowned out by the crunch of rocks as the mountain continued to shudder as though in the throes of birth pangs. “So was Van Helsing, yet in every movie, he beat the vampire in the end. Never underestimate the power of humanity. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#night-prince #once-burned #vlad #movies