#ale

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#been #business #companies #consultant #enron

...he had a way of taking your hand which made it clear he'd have to be the one to let go." From Alice Hoffman's "Local Girls", pg.102. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#dating #female #fiction #love #relationship

The Chairman likes you.” “Is that good?” “I never date anyone my cat doesn’t like,” Magnus said easily, and stood up. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-and-alec #dating

Strength is taking charge of your own destiny and not waiting on others to do so. You don’t have to swear and drink and beat people up and slay monsters. You’re allowed to cry and take care of children and cook and get your heart broken and dress up and date and get pregnant. But when decisions have to be made, a strong character makes them and doesn’t wait for someone else. ↗

— Mur Lafferty

#women #writing #dating

The door creaked and I lifted my eyes to see Gee stick her head back inside. “It’s cal ed Valentine’s Day, you moron,” she announced. “If you’re going to date a human, Dankmar, you need to remember their holidays.” Gee gave me an exasperated look before closing the door once more. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#dating

Do you know which is the greatest epic till date? ↗

— K. Hari Kumar

#chennai #epic #ghittorni #hindu #india

On the top of my desk there are initials, carved into the wood, and dates...This carving, done with a pencil dug many times into the warn varnish of the desk, has the pathos of all vanished civilizations. It's like a handprint on stone. Whoever made this was once alive. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#dating

I'm a door-to-door telemarketer. I knock on phone booths and trade numbers, then verify a customer's credit card when she calls for a date. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #sales #telemarketing #dating

Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#death

Stop looking for your better half! You need to be whole to attract your better whole, if you expect to have a flourishing relationship. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

#dating #goody-box #humor #inspirational #marriage