#ash

Who else had ever met the business-end of a bolt of lightning in mid-flight, as he had just now, flying blind through a storm, lost a wing, managed to come down still alive even if it is on a wooded mountainside, to cut the contact at the moment of crashing so that he wasn't roasted alive, and crawl out with just a wrenched shoulder and a lot of cuts and bruises? He couldn't bail out because he was flying too low, hoping for a break through the clouds through which to spot something flat enough to come down on; he doesn't like bailing out anyway, hates to throw away a good plane. ("Jane Brown's Body") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#crash #pilot #plane #business

May feel like you're fallin', Tabby, but remember, I'm at the bottom ready to catch you." At these beautiful words, I burst into tears again. Without hesitation, Shy yanked me back into his arms and held me. There it was. I'd reached bottom and I was crying , because I didn't realize it at the time, but he'd already caught me. And it felt beautiful! ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#falling #kristen-ashley #romance #shy-cage #tabby-allen

She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#fashion #girls #beauty

Consider the fact that maybe…just maybe…beauty and worth aren’t found in a makeup bottle, or a salon-fresh hairstyle, or a fabulous outfit. Maybe our sparkle comes from somewhere deeper inside, somewhere so pure and authentic and REAL, it doesn’t need gloss or polish or glitter to shine. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#authenticity #beauty #being-fabulous #being-yourself #fabulous

He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#funny #humor #michelle-obama #obama #business

I once saw a snake having sex with a vulture, and I thought, It’s just business as usual in Washington DC.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #filth #normal #politicians #politics

Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#business

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own. ↗

— Isaac Mizrahi

#fashion #style #business

Every morning in the middle of nowhere, without electricity or anyone to impress, I'd take great care in picking out my outfit and hover in front of a business card-size mirror to apply my lip gloss and check my eyebrows. I also felt I had a strong case for bringing a little black dress on expeditions. Village parties spring up more often than you might expect, and despite never having been a Girl Scout, I like to be prepared. ↗

— Mireya Mayor

#fashion #girl-scouts #wilderness #business

The right word at the right time will unlock the door to treasures - the wrong one will close it forever ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#influencing-people #rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes #saying-the-right-thing #treasure #business