#be

She caught his wrist, stilling the hand on her thigh. Her eyes were a little desperate. "What do you mean to do?" "I'd like to show you my way of making love," he said gently. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#elizabeth-hoyt #ice-princess #issac #love

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#based #been #eighteen #films #find

Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#critics #decisions #deliberations #many #mistake

Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. "You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?" "You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#debt #favor #friendship #knife #percy-jackson

It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it.... ↗

— Nicole Richie

#friendship #friendship

I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#choice #emotions #friendship #love #scarlet

Change is in the air. This change reminds us that we are made and beautifully sculpted by the same power that orchestrates the change of season. Let this be the season you embrace and align yourself with this change. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #inspirational #life #motivational #success

People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#existence #fashion-designer #future #life #new-begining

General benevolence, but not general friendship, make a man what he ought to be. ↗

— Jane Austen

#friendship

Love yourself as you love your neighbour. If you love your neighbour with a heavy heart, love yourself too with a heavy heart. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#dislike #friends #friendship #hate #heart