#tee

If they had been riding in a car, she would have waited for him to go around and open the door for her, but riding in a truck is different ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#fifteen #love

I know this is probably sort of sudden." The boy hesitated. "But I was wodnering if you would care to go to the movies with me tomorrow night. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#fifteen #love

How far can you go in life if you don't love yourself? ↗

— Sean King

#love #self #self-esteem #love

Before the agent could get the words out, Danny picked the man up off his seat by his lapels and pushed him against the upper door frame of his car... He didn't appear lesser even when looking up into the man's face as he again spoke, this time through gritted teeth only slightly above a whisper. "This is no longer a warning. It's a promise. ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#gritted-teeth #picked-up #promise #pushed #warning

Did I think he was “the one?” Iʼll never know. At sixteen, everyone is “the one. ↗

— K.A. Tucker

#sixteen #the-one #love

I'd love to be what I have been. ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#ego #funny #personality #self-awareness #self-esteem

But they love each other," Clary appalled. "Isn't that what love means? That you're there for the other person to turn to, no matter what? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #clary #fiction #jace #love

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#aristotle #examining #fewer #him #his

A man has only one escape from hid old self: To see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#men #self-esteem #men

A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help. ↗

— Norman Maclean

#survive #universe #volunteer #men