#all

We felt so small with the city lights stretching forever below us, and we yelled at the top of our lungs because we were just these small humans but we felt more longing than could ever fit inside us. ↗

— Nina LaCour

#humans #life #life

There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger. ↗

— Eric Bates

#overcoming-challenges #life

I guess that’s the thing about riding on cloud nine—it can’t last forever. And that particular fall was hard and fast. ↗

— Hannah Harrington

#fall #happiness #life #life

In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care? ↗

— Dave Eggers

#you-shall-know-our-velocity #life

Now, I was a fan of the simple pleasures in life: grilled cheese sandwiches without black flecks on the crust, jeans that didn't pinch the better parts of me, an inch of vodka, ten to twelve hours of sleep. - Cole St Clair, Forever. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#humor #wolves-of-mercy-falls #humor

How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#awesome #life

I am more than just a Serious basketball fan. I am a life-long Addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because I was born in Kentucky. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#kentucky #life

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes. ↗

— David Duval

#also #before #careful #comfortable #earnings

That's cool." Hale nodded, unfazed. "But just so you know, that"---he pointed to the piece of metal peeking out from behind the stage---"is a Hurst 5,000 PSI hydraulic spreader-cutter, more commonly know as the Jaws of Life." "So?" "So I'm not a normal boy. ↗

— Ally Carter

#heist-society #life

He stops rocking the cage. "Oh, come on, Callie. It won't be fun if we don't rock it. In fact, the more we rock it, the better it'll feel." His voice drops to a deep whisper. "We can rock it nice and slow or really, really fast."... "Do I have your permission to rock away and give you the ride of your life?" Why does it feel like he's secretly talking dirty to me? "Yeah, go ahead, rock it nice and hard," I say without thinking, then bite down on my lip as the dirty section of my brain catches up with me. Honestly, I didn't even know that side existed. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#double-entendre #hard #hott #kayden-and-callie #lust