#affairs

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

well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded -Diana, Princess of Wales ↗

— Cathy Lowne

#change

You talked over the tour guide who pointed to houses and windows. Showing us where people had lived and died and other people now stayed in their place. Just like a broken heart." - Adieu ↗

— Kate Chisman

#broken-heart #broken-hearted #heartbreak #love #lust

Jivan: You think when you have love that love is easy to find, that everyone has it. It's not true. It's very hard to find. Nedra: I haven't been looking for it. Jivan: It's like a tree...It takes a long time to grow. It has roots very deep, and these roots stretch out a long way, farther than you know. You can't cut it, just like that. ↗

— James Salter

#love #love

Once when I asked you if you still loved your wife, you said, Love leaves the back door open. Later, you said, Love like a hospital gown opens at the back. And you slipped out. ↗

— Joan Connor

#love #lovers #short-stories #love

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#advantage #affairs #conduct #contest #interests

I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs. ↗

— Harry F. Byrd

#economy #governmental #i #stand #strict

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#acquired #affairs #assuring #born #control

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#behind #current #current state #reputation #runs

In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free society enjoying its freedom to the fullest. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#also #assets #countries #denying #enjoying