#ant

My body slid from human to wolf in a crack! of black smoke. Wolf was panting and I watched frost dissipate on my hot tongue, sending tiny rivulets of steam into the air. The world was sharp and clear, and I never realized how many different colors of shadow there were. It made me savor the dark beauty of night even more. ↗

— Heather Heffner

#shapeshifter #urban-fantasy #werewolf #beauty

The room was two-tiered, its marble balconies filled with rams and water nymphs in fancy dress; a kaleidoscope of colours swayed in time to the beat of hypnotic music. A concerto of absent musicians, it played only in her mind. The numerous chandeliers with sculptured metal frames hung down from chains, with endless fireflies attached. At the far end stretched a grand staircase, dressed with a plush velvet carpet in deep cerise, and ceiling paintings edged with gold embossed dado rails clung to the walls. Then Eve honed in on herself and saw that she wore a crushed white taffeta A-line gown that fit her trim figure like a glove. Her butterfly mask with floral patterns embroidered in red and gold silk sat against her pale skin, her reflection like that of a porcelain doll. A matching shawl rested softly on her shoulders. Everything was so beautiful that she almost totally lost herself in the mirror’s reflection." (little snippet from our book) ↗

— L. Wells

#young-adult #beauty

You are beautiful, but you are empty", he went on. "One could not die for you. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#the-little-prince #beauty

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly. ↗

— Jim Otto

#everyone #game #lightly #never #never take

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— Mr Alok Kumar

#dot-net #java #online-training #sap #zarantech

Let my idle chatter be the muttering of prayer, my every manual movement the execution of ritual gesture, my walking a ceremonial circumambulation, my eating and other acts the rite of sacrifice, my lying down prostration in worship, my every pleasure enjoyed with dedication of myself, let whatever activity is mine be some form of worship of you. ↗

— Adi Shankaracarya

#tantra #beauty

Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has several times made statements to the effect that we Europeans should not cultivate a superficial anti-Americanism. But mine isn't superficial at all. Personally I have nothing against the US itself - it's a beautiful country - it's the people who live there that are the problem. I guess you could say it's the same thing with Bavaria. ↗

— Volker Pispers

#anti-americanism #cabaret #germany #humor #politics

People change when shit happens. ↗

— Victoria Scott

#the-collector #victoria-scott #change

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life. ↗

— Debi Thomas

#big #combination #first #going #hit

I could rhyme and use the most beautiful words, but none would be able to describe what I feel. So wish my attitude and demonstrate you deem certainty that you need to feel loved. ↗

— Leandro Goulart

#boyfriend #inspiration #love #romantic #woman