#reservation

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

#creatures #doth #except #first #great

She’d said she loved him. She'd put that impossible, unimaginably beautiful gift in his hands and he’d thrown it back at her. To save her. To save himself. ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#love #preservation #beauty

The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#object #preservation #victory #war

People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.' ↗

— David Mamet

#am #ask #course #hemingway #i

Books are best preserved in the minds of readers. ↗

— Kat Lowe

#book-preservation #reading #dreams

Is there a problem, Ms. Parker? Something you want to say to me?" Reaching for his tie, he began to loosen it, unraveling it with his fingers, angry eyes still locked on mine. "I'm not sure I like being your pet. Or science project, I don't know which." "You have a smart mouth." "You make smart observances." "You're going to make this invitation difficult, aren't you?" "If you're dishonest with me, yes." "You'll regret it if you don't accept." "Is that a threat?" "That's a promise. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#drama #love #love-hate-relationship #preservation #rachael-wade

She didn’t dare expose her heart the way she’d exposed her body. ↗

— Nicki Elson

#seduction #self-preservation #sex #love

I never have reservations about doing anything as long as I'm being paid. ↗

— Colin Baker

#anything #being #doing #i #long

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#consciousness #heroic #our #ourselves #own

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

#more #preservation #should #side #things