#rose

He stopped. She heard the intake of his breath. “You are my country, Desdemona.” Yearning, harsh and poignant and she felt herself swaying toward him. “My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.” She gasped. His gaze fell, shielded by his lashes. An odd, half-mocking smile played about his lips. “You’ll never hear old Blake say something like that.” She swallowed, unable to speak, her senses abraded by his stimulating words, her pulse hammering in anticipation? Trepidation? “Remember my words next time he calls you a bloody English rose. ↗

— Connie Brockway

#egypt #harry #love #rose #love

...and I laugh and I spin and dance and frolic in ecstasy and I... I hurt no more, while you...you petrified little man, are left to wonder if it's you I speak of. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#goodbye #leaving #love #love-quotes #lovers

Good God, Men everywhere. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #men

Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I’ll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn't have worked, so clearly you're on board. Let me get out of here, and I’ll...I don’t know. Donate Adrian’s money to the poor. Get baptized. Join a convent. Well, no. Not that last one. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#humor #paranormal-romance #rose #urban-fantasy #vampire

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn. ↗

— André Gide

#respect #rose #women #respect

Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled, certain my heart would expand and expand until there was nothing left of me. "Oh yeah? That's not the impression I just got." "Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #sacrifice

ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED. He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#fantasy #rose-hathaway #vampire #young-adult #crazy

My mom beat me up," I informed my reflection. It looked back sympathetically. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#janine-hathaway #rose-hathaway #vampire-acamdey #information

I hate it when you're the sane one. That's my job. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway

- Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. - Never use a long word where a short one will do. - If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. - Never use the passive where you can use the active. - Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. - Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous. ↗

— George Orwell

#writing #simile