#am

You're not just doing that to impress her, are you?" "Everything I do is to impress her. It's my mission in life," he said with a completely serious face, while he squeezed my knee under the table. Mom burst out laughing. "I like him," she said. "Me too. I think I'll keep him," I said, taking his hand and twisting my fingers with his. "Good," he said, giving my hand a squeeze. ↗

— Chelsea M. Cameron

#funny #hunter-zaccadelli #my-favorite-mistake #sweet #taylor-and-hunter

Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you weren't ashamed of? ↗

— R.J. Anderson

#ashamed #ultraviolet #life

You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya--life--to me. ↗

— Jane Yolen

#life

I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later, I realize it is as Tim trying to save Timmy's life with a story. ↗

— Tim O'Brien

#vietnam #war #life

...stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. ↗

— Robert J. Hastings

#life #life

An empty shell. Those were the first words that sprang to mind. .... Something incredibly important - .. - had disappeared from Miu for good. Leaving behind not life, but its absence ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life

The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #game-of-thrones #life

Trevor possessed many of the qualities of a vampire without actually being one. He constantly preyed on me, was deeply charismatic, and tried to suck the life out of me. ↗

— Ellen Schreiber

#raven #trevor #vampire-kisses #life

In a family business, you grow up with close contact to the business, whatever it is, and the beer business is certainly a very social type of business. ↗

— Carlos Alvarez

#business #certainly #close #contact #family

You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize. ↗

— Adam Young

#life