#bitter

Katsa and Po were trying to drown each other and, judging from their hoots of laughter, enjoying it immensely. ↗

Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an audience. Knock a child into a river while no one's looking and then rescue him. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#heroic #humor #po #humor

She clasped his hands and pressed her lips to them. 'I want you to be proud of me,' he repeated. She dropped his hands, feeling defeated. ↗

— Natasha Farrant

#love-forever #love-story #love

My writing tools were my most precious belongings. My best quill pen was made from a raven’s feather . . . I was often so poor that I could not pay my mantua-maker, but I always invested in the best ink and parchment. I smoothed it with pumice stone till it was as white and fine as my own skin, ready to absorb the rapid scratching of my quill ↗

— Kate Forsyth

#kate-forsyth #love-of-writing #love

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it. ↗

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#insperational #love #poem #love

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#heals #much #pain #physician #self

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#condemned #hope #most #pardon #solitude

I'm not married and I don't think that's going to work out for me. I'm not even bitter, I'm just exhausted. ↗