#affair

Well, it's very clear that the Arab population is rising because they'd like to have a say in the running of their affairs, running of their government, and this is very legitimate. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#arab #because #clear #government #legitimate

You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag. ↗

— Lee Child

#because #consequences #course #drag #having

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#about #abstraction #affair #also #cause

Relationship is made for two people, but obviously some people don’t know how to count. ↗

— Nina Ardianti

#betrayal #love #relationship #love

La gloriosa donna della mia mente ↗

— Sylvain Reynard

#love #love-at-first-sight #professor #romance #student-teacher-affair

Back at home, days later, feel cranky and tired. Sit on the couch and tell him he's stupid. That you bet he doesn't know who Coriolanus is. That since you moved in you've noticed he rarely reads. He will give you a hurt, hungry-to-learn look, with his James Cagney eyes. He will try to kiss you. Turn your head. Feel suffocated. (from "How") ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#discontent #relationships #home

His question reminded me of how easy he had been to deceive, so easy that he seemed to me almost a conniver at his wife's unfaithfulness, as the man who leaves loose banknotes in a hotel bedroom connives at theft, and I hated him for the very quality which had once helped my love. ↗

— Graham Greene

#unfaithfulness #love

I won't stay in with married men any more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too much like curling up with the good book. You mean a good book Oh, dear, did I say the good book sighed the witch. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#affairs #bible #cheating #good-book #reading

She tried to think of what to say to make it all better again, or at least the way it was before she'd made her confession, though she didn't regret having confessed. Perhaps that was what had been wrong with her all along. Now that the lie wasn't between them anymore, maybe she could love him again. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#affair #confession #lie #love #trust

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. ↗

— James Reston

#affairs #always #conform #devilish #foreign