#ash

Aren’t all fairy tales based in fact? You yourself are supposed to be nothing more than a myth. Pandora’s box is a story parents read to their children at night,” she countered. “That means life itself is a fairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#darkest #gena #lords #night #showalter

I know I’m not supposed to say this, but I love you. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#feelings #love #sydney-sage #love

You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#inspiring-quotes #mindfulness #rasheed-ogunlaru #simplicity #space

I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#mindfulness #rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes #thought-provoking #thoughtfulness #thoughts

Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose prevailing moods are fear, hatred, adulation, and orgiastic triumph. In other words it is necessary that he should have the mentality appropriate to a state of war. It does not matter whether the war is actually happening, and, since no decisive victory is possible, it does not matter whether the war is going well or badly. All that is needed is that a state of war should exist. ↗

— George Orwell

#george-bush #ignorance #intelligence #manipulate #war

Meghan rose with the regal grace of a queen, calm and unruffled. I noticed she subtly moved in front of me when facing Ariella, a familiar gesture that caught me off guard. The Iron Queen was protecting me. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#ash #jealousy #meghan #protection #jealousy

Is it my imagination, or is there some kind of jealousy thing going on here?"-Inuyasha (gives Inuyasha a really bad look)"It's your imagination."-Sango (Inuyasha tries to hide behind Kagome) "Whatever you say."-Kagome ↗

— Rumiko Takahashi

#jealousy #miroku #sango #imagination

You are my heart, my life, my entire existence." -Ash ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#iron-fey-trilogy #julie-kagawa #love #life

Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. Knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That’s what makes us humans. ↗

— Masashi Kishimoto

#masashi-kishimoto #naruto #life

I think it's obvious if you're wanted here or not." "Daemon," hissed Dee, her cheeks red. She turned to me, tears in her eyes. "He's not being serious." "Are you being serious, Daemon?" Ash turned in his lap, head cocked to the side. My heart was already pounding in my chest when his eyes met mine. His were sheltered. "Actually I was being serious." He leaned over the table, staring up at me through thick lashes. "You're not wanted here." Dee spoke again, but I was beyond hearing. My face felt like it was on fire. People around us were starting to stare. One of the Thompson boys was smirking while the other looked as though he wanted to crawl underneath the table for me. The rest of the kids at the table were staring at their plates. One of them snickered. I'd never been more humiliated in my life. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#daemon #dee #embarrassed #humiliated #hurt