#men

If you can't reuse or repair an item, do you ever really own it? Do you ever really own it? Do you ever develop the sense of pride and proprietorship that comes from maintaining an object in fine working order? We invest something of ourselves in our material world, which in turn reflects who we are. In the era of disposability that plastic has helped us foster, we have increasingly invested ourselves in objects that have no real meaning in our lives. We think of disposable lighters as conveniences -- which they indisputably are; ask any smoker or backyard-barbecue chef -- and yet we don't think much about the tradeoffs that that convenience entails. ↗

— Susan Freinkel

#environment #plastic #sustainability #love

We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who wish to preserve at all costs their own contentment. This is not a lesson that is confined to the Testaments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bible #brave-new-world #history #martyrs #old-testament

Success=Assinchair ↗

— Judy Griffith Gill

#fantasy-romance #futuristic-romance #love #men-and-women-in-love #pnw-settings

Yes the sex scenes are explicit but we all love the dirty bits! ↗

— Airambooksie

#quotes-about-writing #quotes-for-women #quotes-for-writers #love

Without emotional response, love is an act of self-deceiving self-satisfaction by an unsatisfied self. ↗

— Mohammed Ali Bapir

#love #lovers #loving #satisfaction #self-esteem

Such kindness wasn't a gift but a goad, scraping against one's skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive, even offensive. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#kindness #love #men #pride #love

I am sensible that to own an inclination for a man is to put one's self wholly in his power; but sure you have generosity enough not to abuse it. ↗

— Mary Pierrepont

#men #relationships #women #love

I took a deep breath and slowly blew it out. He won't hurt me, I silently reminded myself. 'Never,' Archer said, shaking his head. 'I'll never hurt you again, Skye. ↗

— J.L. McCoy

#love #vampire #love

I have to tell you hon, I don't mind a little teasing now and then, but I'm no masochist and I'm sure as hell no saint...here lately, being around you is agony. ↗

— Jackson Broussard

#contemporary-romance #la-fleur-de-love-series #last-first-kiss #lori-leger-author #women-s-fiction

... far be it from a French man to interfere with love. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#french #french-men #french-people #love #love-story