#aught

I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships. ↗

— Maureen Johnson

#funny #humor #humour #lambs #slaughter

She laughs an honest laugh... one that puts the fakes on edge and makes them dream of being better. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-life #inspirational-moments #laughter #womens-inspirational #dreams

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#laughter #options #laugh

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane. ↗

— Robert Frost

#laugh

The earth laughs in flowers. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#laughter #laugh

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#goodness #laughter #laugh

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#form #history #never #stories #taught

I love you,” he whispered, rubbing his jaw against her temple. “And you love me. I can feel it when you’re in my arms.” He felt her stiffen slightly and draw a shaky breath, but she either couldn’t or wouldn’t speak. She hadn’t thrown the words back in his face, however, so Ian continued talking to her, his hand roving over her back. “I can feel it, Elizabeth, but if you don’t admit it pretty soon, you’re going to drive me out of my mind. I can’t work. I can’t think. I make decisions and then I change my mind. And,” he teased, trying to lighten the mood by using the one topic sure to distract her, “that’s nothing to the money I squander whenever I’m under this sort of violent stress. It wasn’t just the gowns I bought, or the house on Promenade...” Still talking to her, he tipped her chin up, glorying in the gentle passion in her eyes, overlooking the doubt in their green depths. “If you don’t admit it pretty soon,” he teased, “I’ll spend us out of house and home.” Her delicate brows drew together in blank confusion, and Ian grinned, taking her hand from his chest, the emerald betrothal ring he had bought her unnoticed in his fingers. “When I’m under stress,” he emphasized, sliding the magnificent emerald onto her finger, “I buy everything in sight. It took my last ounce of control not to buy one of these in every color. ↗

— Judith McNaught

#elizabeth #ian #judith-mcnaught #change

There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go “Baa”, as they’re being slaughtered. ↗

— Skip Coryell

#heroism #hill #sheep #slaughter #heroism

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. ↗

— Tom Bodett

#difference #given #lesson #life #school