#ay

I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent. ↗

— Susanna Kaysen

#survival #susanna-kaysen #talent #talent

It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how to receive this support and ensure that its result is exponential. ↗

— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#ensure #exponential #fundamental #how #know

No one had ever called me unnatural before, except for the time I put ketchup on a taco. But seriously, we'd been out of salsa, so what else was I supposed to do? ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #rose-hathaway #vampire-academy #blood

That's what I was supposed to say... ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #blood

I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #louisa-may-alcott

Fuckin' A... hope didn't so much spring eternal as it drowned out common sense and self-preservation. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#spring

The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay. ↗

— Richard Rodriguez

#essay #life #private #public #richard-rodriguez

The plays should have the half-life of plutonium. ↗

— Suzan-Lori Parks

#plays #theater #life

And so, surpassing my own records for dangerous, reckless behavior, I ripped off Sonya's bracelet. "I'm Rose Hathaway. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose #sacrifice

...I don't need any explanation about what you do with your life. You and I...we grew up together,and that's it. Yeah, we shared a lot of stuff back then, and we were there for each other when it mattered. But neither one of us can fit into the clothes we used to wear , and this relationship between us is just the same. It doesn't fit in our lives any longer. We don't...fit anymore. And listen., I didn't mean to get pissy in the truck, but I think you need to be clear on this. You and I? We have a past. That's it. That's ...all we'll ever have" (Blay to Qhuinn)... ↗

— J.R. Ward

#lover-at-last #life